“Love is the reason why my mother and father stick together in a hard life when they might each have an easier one apart”

“Time had been something we feared, but with the babies the things that held time together - the years, the months, the weeks, the days - melted and flowed toward the future.”

“I wanted to bubble over the top and douse the confusing fire that burned in my belly. Or else I wanted to turn the stove off. I wanted to sit cool on the burners of life, lid on, and steady.”

“Emotions are captive to reality”

“Patience is the road to wisdom.”

“Once we are, we will always be.”

“When God created us, did he actually intend to make us so ugly?”