Stopping is a spiritual art. It is the refuge where we drink life in.

Until we look from the bottom up we have nothing.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

He'd gone to church for forty years and was only getting worse. It seemed like this should tell God something.

It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.

I eventually found that the soul is more than an immortal commodity to win and save. It is the repository of the inner divine, the truest part of us.

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.