Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your wounds you learn how to avoid getting wounded the next time.

My soul grazes like a lamb on the beauty of an indrawn tide.

Fantasy is one of the soul's brighter porcelains.

One of the greatest gifts you can get as a writer is to be born into an unhappy family.

All life connects ... Nothing happens that is meaningless.

Love had always issued out of the places that hurt the most.

Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration.