It’s the thinking that gets you killed.
What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want – someone to notice she was there.
All I was afraid of is saying good-bye.
If you could pack for heaven, this was how you’d do it, touching everything, taking nothing.
I know I cannot undo this. None of us can undo what we’ve done, or relive a life already recorded.
There is no formula to relationships.
I’m in love with hope.
Detachment doesn’t mean you don’t let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That’s how you are able to leave it.
The manager once called me the ‘best freak’ in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.
Secrets tear you apart.
Money is not a substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness.
To know you’re going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That’s better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you’re living.
You can know the whole world and still feel lost in it.
When you’re in bed, you’re dead.
Things change when you’re not in danger anymore.
Something is always happening somewhere.
Life goes quickly, doesn’t it?
You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.
No one gets left behind, remember?
No matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be.