“Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.”

“... the object of learning was not to build a better mousetrap but to ask a better question.”

“He took the box but did not avail himself of a tissue. She understood. Sometimes it was comforting to feel the wetness of grief's tears on your face.”

“Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.”

“How can I love you if I don't know what hurts you?”

“There was an end to weeping. Mourning, however, ebbed and surged but never ceased flowing.”

“The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.”

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was exhibiting debilitating health symptoms that corresponded to what I saw at very high altitud...”

“The hour is only long thus, if you've waited.”