When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.

He'd never had to make the adjustments and compromises other people accepted early in their romantic careers; never had a chance to learn the lesson that Sarah taught him everyday--that beauty was only a part of it, and not even the most important part, that there were transactions between people that occurred on some mysterious level beneath the skin, or maybe even beyond the body.

There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it.

Maybe that's what we look for in the people we love, the spark of unhappiness we think we know how to extinguish.

It felt good, the whole family together on a sunny morning in a wholesome environment. If it hadn't been for the warshiping God part, he would have happily attended church on a regular basis.

I did a lot of reading of the Bible and became fascinated with the idea of the Rapture. It's pretty wild. I hadn't heard of it until I was in college.

It just so happened that for most of my life I've lived in the suburbs.