Freedom without the means to be self-supporting is a one-armed triumph.

Our lives are written in disappearing ink.

Who can say how many lives have been saved by books?

To garden is a solitary act.

Captive people have a need for song.

Loyalty is proved by what we do, not where we come from!

The world is a merrier place to live if people do things more out of sincerity, not just out of formality.

The more I simplify my life, the happier I feel.

I got into Kiss before I got into anybody. The first thing I heard was Detroit Rock City. I heard it in the school library, where I lived.

the truth is often a mixed message

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face.

When heaven breaks, who fixes it?

Gratitude has a big job to do in us and our hearts. It is one of the chief ways that God infuses joy and resilience into the daily struggle of life.

History is always repeating itself, but each time the price goes up.