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I thought the best thing that I could do would be to clean up my own act, in terms of whatever .. childhood wounds were left.

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

I think that nothing teaches you more about life than death and dying.

We do things in our past that we need to do at the time.

Politics isn't what defines a person, and it shouldn't define a relationship. I made the mistake of letting that intrude on my relationships.

I was such a punk.

There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.

Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher..

I needed to run away in order to come home.

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

People love the way they're capable of loving-but that's not always how you want them to love or how you think they should love.

Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.

I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.

You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.

It used to be a lot easier to get a book deal.

I don't think it's an accident who our parents are; I believe we choose them. So maybe I chose my parents in order to effect change.

Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

It ultimately doesn't matter which disease gnaws away at the body - it looks the same. The flesh surrenders, grows exhausted, and the eyes ask why.

After September 11, I got to understand a little bit of his deep love for this country.

Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.

I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.

Some people, when they die, leave so much life behind that we wonder how they did it.

You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.

I really just sat down to write. I mean, I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that.

I'm very comfortable writing in the first person; it dives into the character in a way that's difficult if you're writing in the third person.