Kansas is a piece of real estate that completely disproves the theory of roundness as a quality of the planet earth.

Because failure isn't an option if success is just a matter of more effort.

That's the lesson of the dogs, that it's important to both live in the moment and then go on to the next wonderful thing.

My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy. I didn’t want to cause any unhappiness now—in that way, I decided it was probably better than he wasn’t here to see this, though I missed him so much at that moment the ache of it was as bad as the strange pains in my belly.

I wouldn't say that I have overcome opposition so much as I have tried to understand it. The lash of judgment carries a wounding sting, and there's a deeply instinctual tendency to want to respond in kind. I am not proud that my thoughts were blackened with vile opinions about the nature of those who were attacking me.

Dogs have important jobs, like barking when the doorbell rings, but cats have no function in a house whatsoever.

Kansas is a piece of real estate that completely disproves the theory of roundness as a quality of the planet earth.