Even before the election I was saying that the rhetoric used by Trump was going to cause violence before and after the election. That was easy to predict.
It is when we are most lost that we sometimes find our truest friends.
God turns clouds inside out to make fluffy beds for the dogs in Dog Heaven, and when they are tired from running and barking and eating ham-sandwich biscuits, the dogs find a cloud bed for sleeping. God watches over each one of them. And there are no bad dreams.
I learned to write from authors. I didn't know any, but I read their books.
Every person is able to add beauty, whether by growing flowers, or singing, or cooking luscious meals, or raising sweet pets. Every part of life can be art.
It is odd how we sometimes deny ourselves the very pleasure we have longed for and which is finally within our reach.
I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books. . . really is important.
How can you do anything extraordinary by doing things the ordinary way?
Drinking is not a spectator sport.
There are things that must be done in faith, else they never have being.
A good peace, a solid peace, a peace in which communities can flourish, can only be built when we ask ourselves and each other to be more than just good, and better than just strong. And a good life, a meaningful life, a life in which we can enjoy the world and live with purpose, can only be built if we do more than live for ourselves.