Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.

but then she did. she died. no more visits, no more phone calls. And without even realizing it, I began to drift, as if my roots had been pulled, as if I were floating down some side branch of a river.

I worked because I could control it.

As long as we can love each other, and remember the feeling of love we had, we can die without ever really going away.

All who are born are always dying.

The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.

Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.