God is the most important thing in our lives. I suppose that's true of everybody's lives, whether or not they want to believe it.

If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.

He was the kind of man everyone would fall in love with, even if they didn't want to.

Constellations shine with light that was emitted aeons ago, and I wait for something to come to me, words that a poet might use to illuminate life's mysteries. But there is nothing.

Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.

and there had been times when he wished he'd been born into a different family.

You could have told me earlier.” “You seemed so serious about the game. I didn’t want to bother you.