"she lived with hurricane eyes and fell in love with the way the waves collapsed against her cheeks."

"America was still a land of wonder. The ancient spell still hung unbroken over the wild, vast world of myst…"

"In the deepest heart of all of us there is a corner in which the ultimate mystery of things works sadly."

"I can be. I do not normally try to be. In fact, there have been some reviews—which I’ve loved—that said I d…"

"I have begun to see that even my father's harshness was a kind of love. An imperfect love, to be sure, but …"

"Ask yourself three questions and you will know who you are. Ask 'What do you believe in? What do you hope f…"

"A man will cut your arm off and throw it in a river, but he'll leave you as a human being intact. He won't …"