“I was never without a book, just in case there were empty moments to slip into a life that wasn't mine.”

“A broken heart, too much cold beer, ocean waves and a willing man were never a good combination, no matter what the country songs said.”

“This is now and forever - the moment everyone must have, the moment that encompasses all other moments; now and before, now and after: all time.”

“If only it were so easy to pick up the broken pieces of life, glue them back together, and cover them with paint like nothing had ever happened.”

“I hope you never understand what it is to know that all you believed is wrong--sorely wrong.”

“I DID my life - one thing to do after another, always something else to do. Because you don't need a heart to DO, but you do need one to live.”

“The right thing at the wrong time is never the right thing.”