“...Tolstoy said, happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story - then what does that make us?...”

“...I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do...”

“...there is no map of the soul because we make it up as we go...”

“...when you're broken, everything gets a little honester - you make mistakes and don't give a damn - you give up on perfection, but get real...”

“... here's what I believe - sometimes God has a Plan B...”

“...a little of this, a little of that - a little of me, a little of you - put it together what do you have? postmodern soup...”

“...God sometimes sends flowers -but I like it best when he darkens the sky and lights up an infinitude of worlds...”