People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

Don't be a fool for the Devil, darling.

And I realized that I’d tolerated him this long because of self-doubt.

The only power that exists is inside ourselves.

The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.

Let the flesh instruct the mind.

I was a newborn vampire, weeping at the beauty of the night.

It was as if when I looked into his eyes I was standing alone on the edge of the world...on a windswept ocean beach. There was nothing but the soft roar of the waves.

As if the night had said to me, ‘You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its arms’ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace.

How pathetic it is to describe these things which can't truly be described.

And he would listen, making only a few comments, always sympathetic, so that when I left him I had the distinct impression he had solved everything for me.

You have this and this, soon it will come and this and you are still at this level of knowledge... so poor for you!

Forgiveness does not wipe away the consequences of the sin. The consequences are borne by somebody.

Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.

Everything has it's Start and End!

Fo those leaning on the sustaining infinite today is big with blessings.

I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

A happiness that won't stand up to examination is less than worthless.

Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.

The best favors are worth doing for the doing, not because we'll ever get paid back appropriately.

Whether or not Big Brother is watching us, we certainly have to watch him, which may be even worse.