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But you are not your bank account, or your ambition. You're not the cold clay lump you leave behind when you die. You're not your collection of walkin...more

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This is the most profound spiritual truth I know: that even when we're most sure that love can't conquer all, it seems to anyway. It goes down into th...more

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...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.

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I stared at the little white agates in my hand, delicate as moon drops. The mystery of God's love as I understand it is that God loves the man who was...more

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Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you.

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There are really places in your heart that you don't know exist until you love a child.

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I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper that I am a fraud, a...more

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My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit a...more

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You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

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Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good a...more

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Nothing can be delicious when you are holding your breath.

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A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way. It's a lie if you make something up. But you make it up in the name of th...more

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[S]he believed that the Buddhists were right–that if you want, you will suffer; if you love, you will grieve. (68)

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When I was a child, I thought grown-ups and teachers knew the truth, because they told me they did. It took years for me to discover that the first st...more

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My belief is that when you're telling the truth, you're close to God. If you say to God, "I am exhausted and depressed beyond words, and I don't like ...more