You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.

Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding

And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.

Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.

Forgiveness is a little thing when love is there.

I feel the stars. Each sparkle sets aflame the pain in my heart.

Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).

Some affixes are wildly promiscuous.

I believe we have breaks because we need them. So my suggestion is that you take the break. Eat chocolate.

Summer comes over the hill like a hairy blanket.

What you do teaches faster, and has a lasting impression, far beyond what you say.

Sometimes you’re the protagonist and someone else is the hero.

We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

No one really wants to send their kids off to die for oil.

Bee stings are very educational

Why should be fruit be held inferior to the flower?

Invisible harmony is better than visible.

The difference of a single day is perceptible. Vegetables can only be tasted in perfection, gathered the same day.

As is the business of tailors to make clothes and cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray.

In America, law substitutes for custom.