Because nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.

I was the first Chicano to write in complete sentences.

It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I discovered that reading builds a life inside the mind.

going back and forth, back and forth, getting nowhere

I drank that sentence and began to glow.

You can always spot bright people. They are reading a book.

Dirt rolls from his palm, Blades of grass Tumble from his hair.

I'll be the invisible girl, Everyone passing through me, No one touching.

The blessings of God are inexhaustible.

Many people with Dissociative Disorders are very creative and used their creative capacities to help them cope with childhood trauma.p55

I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.

Disappear Here. The syringe fills with blood. You're a beautiful boy and that's all that matters. Wonder if he's for sale. People are afraid to merge. To merge.

Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.

The gospel confronts us with the hopelessness of our sinful condition. But we don't like what we see of ourselves in the gospel, so we shrink back from it.

The tender violet bent in smiles To elves that sported nigh, Tossing the drops of fragrant dew To scent the evening sky.

We want to move even a step forward toward resolving the abduction issue.

I compose music because I must give expression to my feelings, just as I talk because I must give utterance to my thoughts.

The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.