There are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage... Your values must be alike. And the biggest one of those values, Mitch?" Yes? "Your belief in the importance of your marriage.

It is far more comforting to think God listened and said no, than to think that nobody’s out there.

I made the wrong choice ," I whispered. My mother shook her head. "A child should never have to choose.

But our eyes are different, what you see ain't what I see.

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.

You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning . Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until sixty-five.

But fates are connected in ways we don’t understand.