Back in the time when life was easy, the Internet would have told me what I needed to know. The great thing about the Internet was it didn't care why you were asking.

One of the more gratifying things about guilt is that it makes us feel important.

The last living boy in America drops into my bedroom only he wants to be a monk. I think that pretty much sums up my life.

Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.

woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must learn to protect herself

I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed my life, the lives of everyone I know, all the people I'll never know. I thought about life without the sun, the moon, stars, without flowers and warm days in May. I thought about a year ago and all the good things I'd taken for granted and all the unbearable things that had replaced those simple blessings. And even though I hated the thought of crying in from of Syl, tears streamed down my face.

If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.