But what Jamie was saying just mixed it all up, selfish and selfless. I wasn't even sure what the words meant anymore. or if it was possible to be one without the other.

In writing these poems about relatives, I found it almost impossible to write about the mother. I was stuck. My feelings about my mother, you see, must be too complicated to easily flow into words.

A rose's prick is better than a daisy's kiss.

You know what the worst thing about adults is? ...They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them.

We are never the heroes of our own stories, unless we are lying. If we choose to count ourselves among the brave, we write ourselves as the villains we are, hoping for redemption.

There is a creative solution to every problem. Every possibility holds the promise of abundance.

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.

I refuse to be. In the madhouse of the inhuman I refuse to live. With the wolves of the market place I refuse to howl.

U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war.

In meditation...the power of God begins to reflect in the clear waters of your consciousness.

I have my own charity organization in Berlin called Ruckenwind, which supports kids from - ya - not ideal backgrounds.