“Grief is the emotional contract of divorce”

“There are two things you should never do alone: one is get divorced, the other is drink.”

“Courage is fueled by the motivation to take the first step into the unknown.”

“you're not dead-you're dormant.”

“When you're corked...you're corked!”

“I had problems a therapist couldn't solve; grief that no man in a room could ameliorate.”

“The obliterated place is equal parts destruction and creation. The obliterated place is pitch black and bright light. It is water and parched earth. It is mud and it is manna. The real work of deep grief is making a home there.”