“Harvey wanted to dive into his ugliness; he intentionally reached for those long hours of soul desolation. He waited. He paced, ready to face down whatever was to come.Paulettes, though, busted loo...”

“Paulette awoke with an ache in her heart, a grinding in her gut. If there really was a God, why would He have let anyone put a child through that? She had survived, but at what cost? She was an iti...”

“There comes a hush between darkness and day.Like expectation of a caress.A murmur of silence. Tree crests peeked down at Paulette through slowly lifting fog. Bark felt around for its texture again....”

“Forgiveness doesnt make one person better, or the other guy smaller. Forgiving is just letting go. Its turning back toward being what we really are.”

“Life is about trying to find our ways back to our one shared soul. When were looking out at the stars, were looking into ourselves.”

“Ancient philosophers and spiritual teachers were explorers. They wanted us to be as well. They thought we should understand this physical world, but not get stuck here. For thousands of years we ha...”

“Smiling at someone can have significant health consequences.”

“You're not free unless you come to the place where you have nothing to prove.”

“A man who has HEALTH has a thousand dreams, but a man without HEALTH has only one.”

“There are parts of a womans heart that are reserved for certain types of love. Experiencing the love of a father figure in an appropriate way is essential in paving the way for the love of a man to...”

“You may think that hiding your pain from sight is somehow going to make it disappear. I can tell you from experience that it isnt. It is just like the time as a kid when you really didnt want to ea...”

“My dear sister, you cant escape God, and you cant escape your skeletons in the closet. They will always be there until you take them out from behind those dusty old moth-eaten coats. Your exterior ...”