The water glittered under the moon’s careful watch, and, in the distance, steeples cut stark black silhouettes into the landscape of the distant city.

Everyone’s searching for someone to end the pain of loneliness. Even the darkest of souls wants a shot at redemption.

Once upon a time, he might’ve chased her and tumbled her in the sheets with the promise of more in the future.

Ice upon ice, and yet, inside, she melted and mourned all the same.

She would never forget how his soul was lonely as the moon they’d met under, and how, for several brief moments, she’d been able to chase the loneliness away.

Truth be told, loneliness had seeped into her bones with the passing of time until it had become her normal way of life.

Like a firework, a person’s life flashed brightest right before expiration.

No monster would hold the hurt I see in your eyes or carry the guilt you do every day.

The shadows along the streets were personal, and, every passing day, they seemed to grow longer and hungrier

While the club-kid lifestyle might’ve once appealed to him, after he discovered even drugs wouldn’t dull his sharpened reality, he went into each round cold.

Guilt: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Shame: I'm sorry. I am a mistake.

A humble person is more likely to be self confident... a person with real humility knows how much they are loved.

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.

Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity.

Oh, it's lovely to see you!' Franny said as the cab moved off. 'I've missed you.' The words were no sooner out than she realized that she didn't mean them at all.

I don’t need the factory behind me. I just need help getting my music heard.

I wish my Google was faster.

Parents often brag about the amount of money spent per child, but I think, perhaps ironically, those great monies that are spent - I call it putting a band-aid on a hemorrhage.

How many times we have picked up in the streets human beings who had been living like animals and were longing to die like angels!

I am not worried about the country. I'm just worried about anything that gums up the potential of the country. And right now, it's pretty gummed up.