I had come to realize that you must do what you must for your children, even it if called for the sacrifice of your very soul.

It is my belief that marriage is made holy by two souls in communion, not by the order of the law.

Whenever you see this much wealth, assume that someone dirtied his hands. Fortunes don't come to saints.

Desire inspires us to be our very best.

Pay attention to fate.... It will always have the last word.

I find that the thoughts spoken between the lines are the most important parts of a poem or story.

There is no more prideful creature than a man born poor.

Joe closed his hand over the watch and it was still warm from his father's pocket, ticking against his palm like a heart.

O God, help me to believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it is.

What we used to say was whoever had the bow tie got to lead the band. There was never any jealousy.

If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that's kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it's Loving Kindness.

[But] the man who dares not expose his life in the defence of his children and his property, has lost in society the first and most active energies of nature.

I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.

It applies even more to politicians because they are living, breathing embodiments of the language that they use. And it's why how you start the conversation, and how you end it, matters so much.

The longer I live, the more convinced I am that Christianity is one long shout of joy!

Some take their gold in minted mold, and some in harps thereafter, but give me mine in bubbles fine and keep the change in laughter.

An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.