And in the end blood and tears are alike because they stop too.

The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating

I have been smashed and put back together so many times nothing works right. Nothing is where it should be, heavy thumping in my shoulder where my heart now beats.

I thought living dead girls couldn't feel pain, thought I was emptied out but I'm not, I'm not.

She became a story, one I have mostly forgotten. One I can't end because she died a long time ago.

Grace is my favourite church word. A state of being. Something you can pray for. Something God can grant. Something you can obtain. Perfection is out of reach. But grace -- grace you can reach for.

the thing is you can get used to anything you think you cant you want to die but you dont you cant you just are

I am the living dead girl because I am too weak to die. I hate those crying dough women on TV because they are just like me, weak and broken and clinging to the hands that hold us under.

A man of science doesn't discover in order to know, he wants to know in order to discover.

I see myself as mom first. I'm so lucky to have that role in life. The world can like me, hate me or fall apart around me and at least I wake up with my kids and I'm happy.

Modern church music is so constructed that the congregation cannot hear one distinct word.

Our future matters, and it is up to us to take it back.

Let me tell you, that was a thrill. Now, even more, I knew I had to get Schmeling good.

A photograph is an invitation to look - and to look at looking.

Atheists can be good people; they just have no objective way to judge the conduct of those who are not.

It sounds boring, but anything is easy to start-starting a novel, starting a business ... it's keeping the thing going that is difficult.

I would say to today's young minister, 'Be not afraid to give much time to solitary walks and meditation'.

The library is not only a diary of the human race, but marks an act of faith in the continuity of humanity.