Jan Karon: "I was able to..."

"I was able to do what I loved! I consider this a most extraordinary miracle in a world which conspires to rob us of our dreams, and even of our passion."

—Jan Karon, These High, Green Hills

Alan W. Watts: "Human desire tends to..."

"Human desire tends to be insatiable."

—Alan W. Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity

Ann Patchett: "When you think of..."

"When you think of love you think as an American. You must think like a Russian. It is a more expansive view."

—Ann Patchett, Bel Canto