Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what's interesting to you isn't necessarily interesting to a reader.

You know what really offers you satisfaction? Offering others what you have to give.

The most important elements of faith [are] believing in something bigger than yourself, taking care of those less fortunate than you.

Accept who you are; and revel in it.

When you're in bed, you're dead

Man wants to own his existence. But no one owns time.

Please do not leave me, he thought. He could not bear a world without Alli. He realized how much he relied on her from morning until night. She was his only conversation. His only smile. She prepared their meager food and always offered it to him first, even though he insisted she eat before he did. THey leaned on each other at sunsets. Holding her as they slept felt like his last connection to humanity.