“Was it always to be like this? she wondered. A moment of joy followed by a new sorrow?”

“But things change, people change, Gaby. Otherwise what would be the point of living?”

“Well, memory can play tricks. Most people, I think, tend to remember the good rather than the bad when someone close to them dies.”

“The end came as dusk fell on a gloomy winter day of cold rain.”

“Death wasn't a movie where the pretty star faded away with a touch of pale makeup and every hair in place.”

“She realized that the photograph had caused his reaction. It came to her almost as a revelation. Think of it: a photographer presses a button. A few hours later and half a world away, some dots of ...”

“What would behoove me to instantly declare God not to be God unless He followed my script in some tediously exacting manner? I must confess that I am less likely to believe that its a matter of som...”

“What in the world would ever lead to me believe that life is a series of opportunities that are readily available to everyone else but me? What really leads me to believe such an atrocious lie is t...”

“To look beyond our horizons is to acknowledge that weve hemmed ourselves in by creating them in the first place.”

“Wives?" she asked, interrupting him. For a moment, he had assumed she was tuning to the novel. Then he saw her waiting, suspicious eyes, so he replied cautiously, "None active," as if wives were vo...”

“When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is the watchword, since rimpling water on the ...”

“Beware of the thief who is after your cash; but be more cautious of the thief in the mind that's after your kind, your promise - your dream, your future.”

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

“If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.”

“Fear and doubt are major stampeders.”