Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Most of the time we are too critical to ourselves that we don't see worth in small achievements and feel I could done better. Stop Being Hard to Yourself.

The reason that you are blessed in excess with anything is so that you can give it away to someone else in need.

You are beyond the sky

The fact that a reactionary can sometimes be right is a little less recognized that the fact that a liberal can be. . . .

Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's important. It becomes a kind of idolatry.

Failure plus failure plus failure equals success. You only fail when you quit.

I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.

[Responding to repeated questions about traveling in Africa without a husband:] I am looking for him.