Death descended like a theatrical storm over the Drakensberg Mountains, stranding me while it ran its course.

In the end, it was the secrets that held me hostage and fuelled my depression, but, once released, emancipation - from fear, shame, guilt and judgement - was finally possible.

Those who nurse secrets, nurse a chaotic world of amplified silence.

Sometimes you have to cross the boundaries of Death in order to discover the meaning of Life.

My hand-stitched wings itchto take flightto test the winds of changethat inevitably blow at the end of a cycle.

I have forsaken her for a place I will never belong, but will always remain under her spell, forever to be, a child of my motherland.

Survival depends on denial, and death comes swiftly to those who forsake it.

There are those whose love awakens our own and those whose love undermines. As long as we are blind to this fact, true love will elude us.

Take time daily to reflect on how much you have. It may not be all that you want but remember someone somewhere is dreaming to have what you have.

Each day was very much like any other day, because they were alone so much that nothing ever disturbed them.

I don't like the word "experiment" in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.

In meditation, when your mind becomes perfectly still and calm, you will experience the golden light of eternity.

I live in the constant newness of aspiration. Whatever I think, I ignore. Whatever I feel, I don't trust. Yet I listen to my thoughts and follow my feelings.

As a tender and loving friend is grieved at the unkindness of his friend... so is it with this tender and loving Spirit, who hath chosen our hearts for a habitation to dwell in.

The essence of the conservative message should be we want a dynamic nation where anybody with nothing can achieve anything.

Not seeing people allows you to think of them as perfect in all kinds of ways.

Music is cyclical and as an artist and songwriter, you need to be able to predict what trend is coming next.

when I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you.