The Church is going to have to recognise that secularisation is not the cause of their decline, it is the result of it.

The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play

[Your] dream will challenge, prod and haunt you until you surrender to its call.

Remember, the security and happiness you are seeking is not in your material possessions, your degrees, or relationships. It is much closer than you think.

I am like the she-wolf / I broke with the pack / I fled to the mountains / Growing tired of the flatlands.

I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism.

The idea behind stamped money is sound.

Anything that keeps you happy and writing is part of my writing ritual: I like music, so I tend to have it playing in the background. But if I'm interested, I can write in an airport waiting areas.

I remember being a bathtub singer. You know, the type that sings and everybodys like, Shut up.

Traveling the world I've learned that progressives, regardless of their locations, think in a global space.

Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks: He withers all in silence, and his hand Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.