People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.

Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too.

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

The world is a mess and I want to laugh because all I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is, that our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear to see it.

I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.

Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them.

The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them.

I can do anything I want. Be with anyone I want. And it'll be my choice.

I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.

It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.

Hope is a pocket of possibility. I'm holding it in my hand.

We choose our next world through what we learn in this one. Learn nothing, and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome.

God knows the motive of every man.

When we change and grow into new versions of ourselves, we have to tolerate a lot of uncertainty.

For me the road became a zone, in places like Saint Marks poetry Project where I worked for 12 years.

I had a lot of self-confidence.

There is... nothing greater than touching the shore after crossing some great body of water knowing that I've done it with my own two arms and legs.

You don't have to be anybody... because I would know, being somebody doesn't make you anybody anyway.

Make history or be a part of it.

I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor.