The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

The Universe has a plan to make sure we don't ever stop learning, not only in our minds, but also in our hearts.

I wanted her to see that the only life worth living is a life full of love; that loss is always part of the equation; that love and loss conjoined are the best opportunity we get to live fully, to be our strongest, our most compassionate, our most graceful selves.

I'm not very interested in telling the facts. I have a lot of investment in telling the truth.

I always tell my students, about the biggest baddest things in life you must try to write small and light, save the big writing for the unexpected tiny thing that always makes or breaks a story.

Do you write novels?" I said. "Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.

It would have been so perfectly ironic if I had been killed by the dog, because I was petting a dog who was not used to being pet, because I think I'm some kind of dog whisperer, and I think I can make any dog love me.