“Here's what Mike knew about kids: They did stupid stuff. Pretty much all of them.” — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“Earth life is giant field day where we willingly choose the limitation of racing with both feet in a potato sack, or sometimes we join up with another and agree to the limitation of racing as a team where each person has one leg tied to the leg of the other…Agreeing to run a race with limitations or live a… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share
“Miracles were just second chances if you really thought about it--second chances when all hope was lost.” — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“Dear God, Lisa, what are your gingerbread men doing to each other? It's like a gingerbread orgy down there! You made porn cookies!” — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“When someone you love dies, it's normal to lose your faith. I don't want you to lose yours. I want you to believe that there is a bigger force than you in this world, a loving and compassionate force. I want you to believe that your life has meaning and your existence has purpose. And when life is hard, I… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share
“What a tricky balance of safety and risk it is that brings out the best in us?” — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“Why, he wondered, was it so hard to see humankind as capable of creating miracles? Miracles were just second chances if you really thought… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“You're going to stay here. You're going to get strong. And then, when your mind is as empty as your glass, you'll know what… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“If you ever start thinking that any of them are developmentally more mature than a high school boy, just remember they named their dogs… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“there is no grief more devastating than the grief for what could have been.” — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“Surely the truth was a really important part of any authentic relationship. But so was acceptance, and I hadn't known how to balance those… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“So at the end of the day, here was what Mike was able to believe in: people.It was people and their kindness the made… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
“She and Lisa always called that kind of snow heroic, because a person could do no wrong in it. Everyone skied like a hero… — Kaya McLaren Copy Share Image
