Try to be a filter, not a sponge.

If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.

And I wonder if anyone is really happy. I hope they are. I really hope they are.

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until I read another book.

I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.

It's nice to have things to look forward to.

And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn't know how much she talked or how much I listened.