Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd cradled his grief, almost to the point of loving it. For so long he refused to give it up, because leaving it behind was like leaving her.

You think you want to know something, and then once you do, all you can think about is erasing it from your mind.

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.

I realize that I can be with someone, but on a deeper level I'm not available to them at all. I have attention deficit disorder of the soul.

There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth inside of us and empowers us to act. Once you identify your inner genius, you will be able to take action, whether it's writing a check or digging a well.

The whole problem with people is they don't know what matters and what doesn't.

You are my everlasting home. Don't you ever be afraid. I am enough. We are enough.