the awareness of time passing and where you go and what happens in life in 20 years.

When you're living through them, events are nothing more than stuff that happens. You're not thinking about significance. Significance only comes when you look back at your life.

We were dealing with the emergencies of pain control, all her treatment, ... I was working a full-time job, having to show up for that every day. Writing the book was relief for us.

Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let's dance.

Life is an endless process of self-discovery.

There is a point where you have to stop the motion in your life, stop and look at where you're going, where you've been, and what you doing right now. You spend so much time trying to get more, when you already have enough, that you've forgot how to appreciate what is already yours.