Confession was the emotional equivalent to puking, Riley supposed. Something bad went down, bits of it came back up, you felt better.

Live in the shadow of the moon until you're bright enough to give birth to your own suns.

The grace of God makes everything possible.

I AM A FATHERLESS FATHER FOR MINE IS GONE, HIS DEATH A MYSTERY, HE IS HISTORY, AND THAT IS WHY I LOOK ONLY UPON YOU FOR YOUR JUST GUIDANCE MY FAITHFUL GOD.

My heart immersed in the depths of your eyes.

Death. It's around more than people realize. Because no one wants to talk about it or hear about it. It's too sad. Too painful. Too hard. The list of reasons is endless.

Society can only exist on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks.

American slavery was not a Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It was a holocaust. My ancestors are slaves. Stolen from Africa. I will honor them.

I could sit toe to toe at a potato table with anybody.

Right now, when you go and hit the light switch in your house, you're participating in a state-protected monopoly. You're being forced to accept dirty power from a single producer.