I prefer your smiles and laughter, wife, but there are far worse things than your tears wetting my skin.

Truth, honesty, perseverance, strength, love of all kinds and forgiveness are all beautiful, Tack. The most beautiful stories ever told are the most difficult to take.

Hate no one, for hate is a starving beast who has just found its prey.

Hate is not a feeling toward another, but a feeling of defeat by another.

That’s the beauty of books. We get to take what we want out of them and it can be different for everyone.

Seriously. Who needed a real lover when you had a handsome, affectionate man who adored you, put a beautiful house over your head, gave you a great job, lavished you with fabulous clothes, shoes, purses and jewelry and would never break your heart?

My life was over, finished, and I’d never seen Pearl Jam play live