“Rough as life can be, I know in my bones we are supposed to stick around and play our part. Even if that part is coughing to death from cigarettes, or being blown up young in a house with your moth...”

“[W]eve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.”

“Ive never been one to go to church, but Ive al was ways believed in a creative intelligence behind the ongoing riddle of the world.”

“I knew I didnt want to be alone anymore.”

“Some trees love an ax, a drunk old-timer mumbled one night at the Tap, back when she still went there, and something in what he said rang true, but when she later remembered what he'd said, she dis...”

“[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code.”

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”

“Youll get over it Its the clichs that cause the trouble. To lose someone you love is to alter your life for ever. You dont get over it because it is the person you loved. The pain stops, there are ...”

“Its the same with people who say, Whatever doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite is true. What doesnt kill you maims you, cripples you, l...”