I don’t like being left for long struggling with my dangerous self.

People go their whole lives wanting to be admired for their hidden qualities.

Intelligence and effort can be no compensation for ugliness.

The past looks worse the closer you look at it.

Whoever thought that pleasure makes you happy?

I am dust and my story ends here.

Old age is the new childhood.

Act – make an event. Smash the coordinates and see where the smithereens fly. Let in the madness, and be sure to be a danger to oneself and others. Too much thinking turns you into that fool Hamlet.

I’m using Mao as my inspiration. “Cast away illusions. Prepare for struggle.” I’m back in business, baby. You don’t know you’re stuck until you get moving.

Thane had never been one of the idealists

Talent never guarantees the success, its the art of success which can leads you to the sky

Isabelle tugged her tank top back down and glared at her brother. “You don’t knock now?” “It’s my bedroom!” Alec spluttered.

The Republican Party just isn't held in high repute in the black community. Under Bill Brock we were reaching out to broaden the base of the party. We have to go back to that.

If you don't have time for your life, what's the point of it all?

To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.

Stick with the people who love you and don’t spend a single second on the rest. Life will be better that way.

Writing can be an incredible mindfulness practice.

We should be supportive of the president and supportive of rights of all in a pluralistic democracy that we're called to love. And we live our faith; we don't legislate our faith.

Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder.