“I’ve never been one to go to church, but I’ve al was ways believed in a creative intelligence behind the ongoing riddle of the world.”

“I've been interested in the idea of forgiveness and the necessity of it. I think of it as the most critical piece of any relationship, whether that be business, or romantic, or familial. We fail each other. We make mistakes. If we contract to go on after those mistakes, forgiveness is involved. Forgiveness is required.”

“We only learn at the speed of pain, and we don't have others in our lives without forgiveness.”

“The world’s magic sneaks up on you in secret, settles next to you when you have your head turned.”

“[A]s a parent you just have no idea what anything means. On some level everything your kids do and say is in code.”

“I knew I didn’t want to be alone anymore.”

“I’ve never been one to go to church, but I’ve al was ways believed in a creative intelligence behind the ongoing riddle of the world.”

“[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.”

“There are no words precise enough to describe how wide and empty the world is when you lose someone that matters to you as much as Penny did to me.”