Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.

My brain is such a traitorous beast.

Drop your weapons once and they will dig you in to the grave forever.

Never trust anybody with only one book.

The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings outstretched in attitudes of exhortation like dark little bishops.

The night that seemed endless hours before is now slipping through your fingers, ticking by as it falls into the past and pushes you towards the future.

When an argument is over, how many weighty reasons does a man recollect which his heat and violence made him utterly forget?

Memory calls us back, Mystery draws us forward.

I feel like I'm 11 again, with my drums. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad. I'm just playing.

Want to know the best thing about teaching? Seeing that moment when a kid discovers his or her gift. There's no feeling on earth like it.