I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.

Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come

Silence is worse when you know it won't be broken.

He almost told her everything right then, that very moment. But you grab a moment, or you let it pass. He let it pass.

She felt worthless and hollow. There was no hope of fixing this. And when hope is gone, time is punishment.

Sometimes, they say, the moon is so busy with the new souls of the world that it disappears from the sky. That is why we have moonless nights. But in the end, the moon always returns, as do we all.

once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied