"My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments of life and spirit and friendship could be found. In a library, you could find miracles and truth and you might find something that would make you laugh so hard that you get shushed, in the friendliest way."
"Everyone is flailing through this life without an owner's manual, with whatever modicum of grace and good humor we can manage."
"The reason I never give up hope is because everything is so basically hopeless."
"Most of me was glad when my mother died. She was a handful, but not in a cute, festive way. More in a life-threatening way, that had caused me a long time ago to give up all hope of ever feeling good about having had her as a mother."
"Laughter is carbonated holiness."
"I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus."