I believe in fate and I believe you were supposed to walk into my life, so Mason could walk into yours.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is the pretense of intelligent ignorance. The former is teachable

We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.

He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy.

I am invested in keeping present the forgotten bodies.

Function is a fantasy...the form of designed things is decided by choice or else by chance; but it is never actually entailed by anything whatever.

For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

God lets us continue to feel much of sin's sting through suffering while we're heading for heaven. This constantly reminds us of what we're being delivered from; exposing sin for the poison it is.

(although anyone with half a brain must surely be mired in existential gloom all the time)

ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.

If you want the love of the people, stop running after it. The more you chase it, the more it escapes you. Love doesn't come from the people. It comes from God.