We are chained to that which we do not forgive

I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.

We humans...are seriously flawed. The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water. Love. If you have someone to love, you are lucky. If they love you back, you're blessed. And if you waste the time you have to love them, you're a fool. -The Christmas List- p. 296

The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.

Books are the most tolerant of friends.

People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.

There are moments, it would seem, that were created in cosmic theater where we are given strange and fantastic tests. In these times, we do not show who we are to God, for surely He must already know, but rather to ourselves.