“But fates are connected in ways we don’t understand.”

She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn’t considered the misery she might inflict.

The words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.

But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.

We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn’t do. All the things we should have done. You can’t get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.

Remember, the only difference between ‘marital’ and ‘martial’ is where you put the ‘i’.

Don’t cling to things because everything is impermanent.

Sharing tales of those we’ve lost is how we keep from really losing them.

The most inspirational man I knew only reached his potential by helping a child reach his.

It’s such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.

All endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.

The secret to happiness be satisfied and be grateful.

Scenery without solace is meaningless.

There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want and what they need, what they can do and what their life is like.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

Life has to end, love doesn’t.

When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.

And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.

Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.

We need to understand the hierarchy of connections. Ultimately, we must connect to something above ourselves such as God. This can give us the power to spread happiness and joy around the world.

I wanted to connect all people who are thinking about peace on Earth.

What is important is that we stop and realize, “Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I’m really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.

From the moment you put a piece of bread in your mouth you are part of the world. Who grew the wheat? Who made the bread? Where did it come from? You are in relationship with all who brought it to the table. We are least separate and most in common when we eat and drink.

Life will keep on, even when there’s no love in the relationship, but it can never connect the relationship.

You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.