If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

By all means continue destroying my possessions. I daresay I have too many.

You can’t excel in everything but you can be exceptional in a few things, so why not choose your life’s focus?

Dwelling on the past only defeated her chances for changing the future.

The most important thing is to hold on, hold out, for your creative life, for your solitude, for your time to be and do, for your very life.

Sometimes (at least in principle) God might allow some evil because doing so will prevent a greater evil, and sometimes He might allow evil because it will produce a greater good.

Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.

'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'

Albums that remind me of my childhood happiness make me incredibly sad now.

Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water. The other third is covered by Garry Maddox.

I imagine a world in which all humans are born with an intact capacity to love, and I am willing to devote my life to making it happen.