Ricky just listens. He isn't shocked. He isn't surprised. He listens to me because he knows. He knows the shame and the guilt and the sorrow and the rage. And he does not judge me. He just listens.

I repeat one of my mantras. 'This is not happening. This is not real. This did not happen to you. That was someone else.

a town with more drinking joints than reading joints has a problem reading can solve

Vengeance is pointless, but certain men did not have a place in the world we sought to construct

To me, forgiveness is the cornerstone of healing.

Ten minutes praying is better than a year's murmuring.

It was a story called ‘The Hero’ which I sold to Galaxy magazine in 1970, for $94.

Common sense has no place in Quantum Mechanics.

It's hard to visualize the toys you had fifty years ago - all save bear. He's as clear as if he were sitting on the desk in front of you...of course...he probably is.

The carnage upon the chessboard of life, left wounded humans in its wake

Truly powerful people don't explain why they want respect. They simply don't engage someone who doesn't give it to them.

I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.