I remember in treatment, Mr. Shaw told me that the alcohol and drugs never were my problem. He said the alcohol and drugs were my solution and that was my problem. And he was right.

We should trust people to be exactly what they have proven themselves to be, no more and no less.

I forgive him and like water draining from the sand after a wave, the power he held over me disappears. A slow smile rises on my face.

I wish to offer the world more than just beauty and plastic moments. I wish to offer the world depth, conversation, poetry and wisdom. I hope you do not deny me when I open these doors.

I always used to read aloud to her in the evenings--

He patted the side of the wyrm's head. The animal did not react: it was a stone fallen from the sky, still smoldering.

Kara do you love Brad?'All my heart.'Then how can you let him leave next year?'I guess love isn’t enough sometimes.

I am counting on the private sector, because it is crucial to Senegal's future.

Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.

I never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break

Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes. Frigidaires are perfect. Beauty limps. My frigidaire has had to be replaced.

The Cross is the ultimate evidence that there is no length the love of God will refuse to go in effecting reconciliation.

Gamble everything for love, if you are a true human being. If not, leave this gathering. Half-heartedness doesn’t reach into majesty.