She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about..

Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy..

She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself..

People don't save other people. People save themselves..

And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and i….

Can you see me? All of me? Probably not. No one ever really has..

You never get over it, but you get to where it doesn't bother you so much..

I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in a thousand different matters,….

All wisdom ends in paradox..

Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind..

There are some books that reached through the noise of life to grab you by the collar and speak only of the truest things..

We value love not because it's stronger than death but because it's weaker. Say what you want about love: death will finish it. You will not go on lo….

To be inclusive you must accommodate different levels of sophistication..

There comes a moment, when you get lost in the woods, when the woods begin to feel like home..

It was possible to feel superior to other people and feel like a misfit at the same time..

I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend you’re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have. That way, y….

Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." I'd like to have at my disposal complica….

If love were endless, if it were on tap, it wouldn't hit us the way it does. And we certainly wouldn't write about it..

She may have looked normal on the outside, but once you'd seen her handwriting you knew she was deliciously complicated inside..

It was one of those humid days when the atmosphere gets confused. Sitting on the porch, you could feel it: the air wishing it was water..

It was amazing how it worked: the tiniest bit of truth made credible the greatest lies..