What a tricky balance of safety and risk it is that brings out the best in us?

“But maybe her marriage wasn't a Lexus. Maybe it was a Pinto--one of those cars …”

“What they all knew was this: Life was fragile.”

“It struck her hard how it was often the ordinary acts that were angelic. Maybe …”

“It made no sense to him, this idea that some people got God and some people did…”