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I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

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I am sustained by the certainty that life has meaning. As does death.

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We were friends, never paramours. A lover who is enigmatic will most likely prove to be a cataclysm waiting to happen. But a charming friend whose usu...more

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...because wherever else the future leads, it leads ultimately to death, the end that is present in my beginning and in yours.

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When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations ...more

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Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth is, and truth...more

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Although much that was precious has been taken from me in this life, I have reason to remain an optimist. After the numerous tight scrapes I've been t...more

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I've been badly scared myself, badly, for quite a few years now. You learn to live with it.

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Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing.

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Life had been hard on this girl, Jacob, but she had enough courage for an army.

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Eventually he understood that he was crying for himself. He was ashamed of the man whom he had become, mourning the man whom he had expected to be whe...more

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Talking about a problem sometimes makes it worse.

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Being alone can be good. It's easy to find peace alone. But sometimes, being alone is a king of death.

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Some mysteries bite and barkand come to get you in the dark.

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I'm alive but I have no life. I'm alive but also dead. I'm dead and alive.