That's why writers write—to say things loudly with ink. To give feet to thoughts; to make quiet, still feelings loudly heard.

People lie. They use you and they lie, all the while feeding you bullshit about being loyal and never leaving you. No one can make that promise, because life is all about seasons, and seasons change.

Human eyes are the sign language of the brain. If you watch them carefully, you can see the truth played out, raw and unguarded.

Life balances itself on a precarious ledge, we can stay safe up high or propel off the edge.

I like pain. I like when it lingers. It reminds a person of what they've lived through.

We are all so broken. Pick up a person, shake them around and you'll hear the rattling of their broken pieces. Pieces our fathers broke, or our mothers, or our friends, strangers, or our loves.

I didn't eat pork either. Except bacon, of course. Everyone eats bacon.

You'll be surprised what someone is able to handle given no other choice.

One is a choice, and one is not.

There is more to loving someone than just making yourself happy. You have to want him to be happier than you are.

You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love

Nobody loves me but mama, and she may be jivin too.

Life is a journey with almost limitless possibilities.

Being locked up is one thing, but to have no concept of confinement, to be ignorant of its terms and never understand that struggle is useless - that's what hell must be like.

Time waits for no man, but progress waits for man to inact it.

Until we align our minds with our souls, we will continue to grieve for our highest selves as individuals, a society, and as a world family.

The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters.

Since the Court took God our of our schools, we've gotten exactly what we should expect: godless schools.

I'm a human being, god-dammit. My life has value!

Real numbers are good if you add the word 'random'.

If I have to change my lifestyle, I don't want to live.