I'm grateful for anything that reminds me of what's possible in this life. Books can do that. Films can do that. Music can do that. School can do that. It's so easy to allow one day to simply follow into the next, but every once in a while we encounter something that shows us that anything is possible, that dramatic change is possible, that something new can be made, that laughter can be shared.

We need enormous pockets, pockets big enough for our families and our friends, and even the people who aren't on our lists, people we've never met but still want to protect. We need pockets for boroughs and for cities, a pocket that could hold the universe.

[...]It is as if after surviving so much, there was no longer reason to survive.

She was so beautiful, like someone who you will never meet, but always dream of meeting, like someone who is too good for you.

Everyone is always in need of something that another person can give, be it undivided attention, a kind word or deep empathy. There is no better use of a life than to be attentive to such needs.

I want to talk about God in a literary way. But I think I would have a very hard time praying to God.

I am willing to be annoying if that's what was necessary.