“The world was colossal, he said, we humans and our problems tiny and unimportant, no more than dust in the hands of time,”

“In my dream, the angel shrugged and said, if we fail this time, it will be a failure of imaginationand then she placed the world gently in the palm of my hand.”

“If you were smart, you'd probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I'd probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade.”

“Perfect Day:It was a day filled with the glow of ordinary things & we passed them quietly from hand to hand for a long time & someone said she had picked a perfect day to be born & I think all of us felt the same.”

“Are you a princess? I said & she said I'm much more than a princess, but you don't have a name for it yet here on earth. ”

“You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.”

“Smaller World:I know he's not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.”