“Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.”

“The love we do not show here on Earth is the only thing that hurts us in the after-life. ”

“The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.”

“She wanted to go over and hug his tears away, but she was too frightened.”

“Daddy, are you going to yell at us some more today?'Neary gazed down into her clear, guileless eyes. That was how he looked to her---a yelling machine. And she was prepared to accept more yelling because she loved him.”

“I dream for a living.”

“Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?”