Source: The Book Thief
Song lyrics, Love and Theft (2001), Cry A While
Patheos, Anti-theist Answers to Christian Questions http://www.patheos.com/blogs/reasonadvocates/2015/11/22/anti-theist-answers-to-christian-questions/ (November 22, 2015)
“… and I discovered something: the meaning of my life was whatever I wanted it to be.”
Source: The Fifth Mountain
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)
Right Down the Line.
Song lyrics, City to City (1978)
“Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess it always will. But I love it just the same.”
Letter to Mary Virginia Parrish (29 August 1969)
Video farewell (2002)
Context: I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response. For an actor that is no greater loss than the loss of his audience. I can part the Red Sea, but I can't part with you, which is why I won't exclude you from this stage in my life.
For now, I'm not changing anything. I will insist on work when I can; the doctors will insist on rest when I must. If you see a little less spring in my step, if your name fails to leap to my lips, you will know why. And if I tell you a funny story for the second time, please laugh anyway.
