An hour later, Amina stood at a pay phone in a mall hallway, where poop and perfume and the grease from the food court formed the kind of atmosphere you might find in Jupiter's red spot

Life's a queue of small irritations with the Last Door at the end.

Singers provide all the proof that we have souls.

Music is the soul food.

Exercise not only tones the muscles, but also refines the brain and revives the soul.

When angels carry you they leave no footprints in the sand.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

I think I probably hoped for it a little bit, but I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist... or maybe even a pessimist.

I think it's cool when an ex-girlfriend becomes an XL girlfriend.

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.