Ferris wheel carried its passengers high and brought them low and raised them high and brought them low again, as if it were not merely a carnival ride but also a metaphor for the basic pattern of human experience.

Because of my dimples. Dimples are a get out of jail free card.

Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life-- and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.

When life hands us a beautiful bouquet of flowers we stare at it in cautious expectation of a bee.

None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another's salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light.

You're spooky, he said, You knew what I was thinking. That's not spooky, she said, That's married.

The worst happens when you least expect it.

Chaos half-loosed cannot be long controlled; it is all or nothing.

Life ... is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.

Once you have a wonderful dog, a life without one is a life diminished.