“Hundreds of young barefoot, long-haired, newly converted believers flocked to the church, and they brought their guitars with them.”

“We don't want to live in the dark moods of imponderable mystery, but neither do we want to miss them altogether. they allow us to emerge from the tender sadness of the manger to sing with the angels in the skies above...”

“Life is a test of your sanity, and believe me you never make it out without going a little crazy along the way.”

“People, in my long experience, want to talk. They may believe they wish to keep secrets, and they may believe that they are capable of doing so. But the truth is that secrets exist to be revealed; and it is usually very easy to find the combination of words that will cause them to emerge.”

“Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.”

“As more kids piled on and the bus started up, she stared out the window at the place where she'd done so much growing up. When she'd first come to camp, she couldn't believe she was setting foot on Camp Lakeview, or any camp grounds at all, for that matter. Now she couldn't believe she was leaving.”

“Laws of good intention are really of no use unless there are good people to enforce them.”