I had to take the first step for myself.

Remember: whatever is burrowed deep in one hungry soul is bound to be tethered to the hearts of many, many more.

Because you deserve dignity, beyond anything else in this world. You deserve a God, and a faith, and a belief that finds you dignified at the core.

They were the kind of words you read back and every lettered limb surprises you because you never knew you really felt those things the whole time.

Maybe we’re all a how are you away from not feeling so alone in all of this today.

I believe now that we’re the enemy to the things we really want for our lives. We get really good at telling ourselves ugly lies on repeat every day. You’re unworthy. You’re ugly. You’re inadequate.

Fear and failure, they go hand in hand. They’re like dance partners with great rhythm.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don't think He is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

God is a lot of things to a lot of people but I don’t think he is a cheap party host with limited grace to give out.

That’s why I wanted to be a writer - because someone I loved told me I could be one.

She didn't know if it was God. She wasn't really sure what to call it. She just knew she believe in unconditional love. And that was really all that mattered.

An artist is one who has mastered the art of dissolving himself so completely that only his work remains!

You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.

I grew up in a very modest house. We were poor-we lived on the poverty level. We all got jobs as young kids.

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had.

Nothing is more trying than nerves to people who have none.

The English delight in Silence more than any other European Nation, if the Remarks which are made on us by Foreigners are true.

Promiscuity: optimism, free enterprise, mobility--the American Dream.

The doctor looked my body over. I said: Is there any hope? He said: Yes. Reincarnation.

A change of environment is the traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.