Some studies show that we're physically attracted, like animal attraction, to people that have a different immune system to us. So even though I love cologne, it's probably keeping me from finding a good mate.

I wanted to explain that trusting is harder than being trusted.

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

When somebody leaves this plane—or, if you like, goes into another room—those left behind sometimes try and stop loving—but this is a mistake, because even if you have loved only once in your life, you’re ruined.

Reading reassures us that no matter how alone we might feel, there are many others - spread as wide as history itself - who have felt the same way we have, who have occupied the rooms we find ourselves locked in at various points of our lives.

I think music is what language once aspired to be. Music allows us to face God on our own terms because it reaches beyond life.

Even if you have loved only once in your life, you're ruined.