The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better.

You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.

The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.

To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.

Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us.

Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.

Having faith does not mean having no difficulties, but having the strength to face them, knowing we are not alone.

Holiness doesn't mean doing extraordinary things, but doing ordinary things with love and faith.

Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry.

Wretched are those who are vindictive and spiteful.

Inequality is the root of social evil.

Oh, let me love with all my power all the way.Let me love like stars love the moon rest of my day.

She stood on the ledge of his smile and looked over the edge.

I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.

[Raymond] Chandler, I reread him, and there's a lot of bad writing there. I don't think he knew much about people.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

The most important question any human being will ever face: 'Who do you say that Jesus is?'

I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your own world, it doesn't matter what it is.

She sacrificed her life to make things right," Mitchell grumbled. "She[Silena Beuregard] was a hero

I like to download as many apps as I can - especially the ones with games and gadgets.

I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can't stop. It would be like refusing to breathe.