“Why isn't life better designed so it warns you when terrible things are about to happen?”

“Life is bearable even when it's unbearable: that is what's so terrible, that is the unbearable thing about it.”

“Oh, I'm starting to cry again. That's what happens when you think about life being fair. And I can't explain why it isn't . . . I don't think it's something anybody knows.”

“If life can end in one minute - so damn quickly with no damn warning - you better do what you want to do now right this minute. Because your next minute might not happen.”

“He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.”

“God isn't about making good things happen to you, or bad things happen to you. He's all about you making choices--exercising the gift of free will. God wants you to have good things and a good life, but He won't gift wrap them for you. You have to choose the actions that lead you to that life.”