The first spoken word poem I ever wrote was when I was 14 and I wrote it because I was accidentally signed up for a teen poetry slam. Because I loved poetry I said that I'd try it out.

Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.

This world is made out of sugar. It can crumble so easily but don’t be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.

If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B," because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.

It does not matter how strong your gravity is, we were always meant to fly.

Most days it feels as if the world is whirling around me and I am standing still. In slow motion, I watch the colors blur; people and faces all become a massive wash.

Remember that good things come in threes and so do bad things and always apologize when you've done something wrong but don't you ever apologize for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining.

There are parts of me I only recognize from photographs.

Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common: They had something to say, and did.

Forgive yourself for the decisions you have made, the ones you still call mistakes when you tuck them in at night.

You can only fit so many words in a postcard, only so many in a phone call, only so many into space before you forget that words are sometimes used for things other than filling emptiness.

Writing is lonely. Until that moment you write your first character and suddenly you have company.

'But even I know that in your line of work, there's a difference between being a volunteer and being volun-told.'

Progress in the Christian life is exactly equal to the growing knowledge we gain of the Triune God in personal experience.

People seem to think fighters are lovely people when they meet us. It's 'cause we don't have to prove anything.

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.

There won't be any revolution in America ... the people are too clean. They spend all their time changing their shirts and washing themselves. You can't feel fierce and revolutionary in a bathroom.

I have had a great misfortune; my dear old dog is dead.

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves.

Republicans can't run for office without the support of business.