“The challenge,’ he explained, ‘is to realize that something is fulfilling because we determine it’s fulfilling. Not because someone else tells us it is.”
― The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
― The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
“Let us observe the mating rituals of the lecherous North American lounge lizard in his native habitat: The Open Bar.”
― The Plan
― The Plan
“God and get away with it, Granny said, if you do so with charm and wit. If you live your life with imagination and verve, God will play along just to see what outrageously entertaining thing”
― The Complete Odd Thomas Series
― The Complete Odd Thomas Series
“I’d say it’s just showing up. During the good times, the bad ones, the moments you can’t believe you’d ever be as busy as you are, just be there for each other. Show up.”
― Summer at Firefly Beach
― Summer at Firefly Beach
“Famous people have more money … and less freedom; they have more choices … and less honesty. Everything is a trade-off. And when we let the media choose our heroes for us, we are lost already.”
― Summer Island
― Summer Island
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