How often do we do that, he wondered--look at someone and fail to see what's really there?

Someone who thinks death is the scariest thing doesn't know a thing about life.

Were all yearning for a wedge of sky, aren't we? I suspect God plants these yearnings in us so we'll at least try and change the course of things. We must try, that's all.

Most people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about.

Now and then sprays of rain flew over and misted our faces. Every time I refused to wipe away the wetness. It made the world seem so alive to me. I couldn't help but envy the way a good storm got everyone's attention.

People in general would rather die than forgive. It's THAT hard. If God said in plain language. "I'm giving you a choice, forgive or die," a lot of people would go ahead and order their coffin.

Have you ever written a letter you knew you could never mail but you needed to write it anyway?