Ironically, he'd yet to leave a good impression. First he'd spilled soda on her, next she'd seen him almost involved in a riot, and then this morning she'd believed him to be either lazy or an idiot.

It's impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

It is the possibility that keeps me going, and though you may call me a dreamer or a fool or any other thing, I believe that anything is possible.

Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver.

That speaking the words, even if true, had little power to change the inevitable or even make him feel much better.

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.

It's possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems, and that in time, the grief . . . lessens. It may not go away completely, but after a while it's not so overwhelming.