“Adding kidney beans to his cottage cheese and pineapple was an act of bravery Dave had not intended.”

“Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.”

“Don't you know a kiss would change the world forever?”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

“Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.”

“I have been asked what I mean by word of honor. I will tell you. Place me behind prison wallswalls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the groundthere is a possibility t...”

“I have been asked what I mean by “word of honor.” I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls—walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground—there is a possibili...”