His blue eyes were seas where sorrow sailed.

Nearly everything that was fun, of course, was also a little dangerous: riding roller coasters, skydiving, gambling, sex.

I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and humor in equal mix. Some books have more room for humor than others.

She says that each of us has his or her role in life, and if we know ourselves well enough to understand what that role is, we will be happy doing nothing but what we can do best.

There will be something very wrong with any place we go.

The functions of intellect are insufficient without courage, love, friendship, compassion and empathy.

In the end, it's all about perseverance.

None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another's salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light.

Whiskers of the cat, Webbed toes on my swimming dog; God is in the details.

The worst happens when you least expect it.

Because of my dimples. Dimples are a get out of jail free card.

Some dreams matter. Most don't. Often it can be hard to know which might be which.

But the universe in its immensity is nevertheless of a piece, and what applies at one end of it applies at the other. No doubt misery, like happiness and hope, is found throughout the stars.

Art is the only answer to chaos and the void.

Denial couldn't be maintained.

Intuition is seeing with the soul.

The desire to write well can never be fulfilled without hard work.

A good dog is one of the best things of all to be.

When we don't allow ourselves to hope, we don't allow ourselves to have purpose. Without purpose, without meaning, life is dark. We've no light within, and we're just living to die.

If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored.