isn't it such a tragic thing when you can see it so clearly but the other person doesn't

he placed his handson my mindbefore reachingfor my waistmy hipsor my lipshe didn't call mebeautiful firsthe called meexquisite - how he touches me

stayi whisperedas youshut the door behind you

I will not have youbuild me into your lifewhen what i want is tobuild a life with you-the difference

I will not have youbuild me into your lifewhen what i want is tobuild a life with you

i am not a hotel room. i am homei am not the whiskey you wanti am the water you needdon't come here with expectationsand try to make a vacation out of me

i am watersoft enoughto offer lifetough enoughto drown it away

for you to see beauty heredoes not meanthere is beauty in meit means there is beauty rootedso deep within youyou can’t help butsee it everywhere

i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut

what terrifies me most is how wefoam at the mouth with envywhen others succeedbut sigh in reliefwhen they are failingour struggle tocelebrate each other iswhat's proven most difficultin being human

i was musicbut you had your ears cut off

I live to inspire, not start the fire.

In other times it may have been the business of Christianity to champion the equality of all men

It's never too late to have a fling For autumn is just as nice as spring And it's never too late to fall in love.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.

The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage.

It takes a while to get a movie together, and they dont start talking books until the movie is close to being finished.

Words uttered under coercion are proof of loyalty to nothing but self-interest. Love of country must spring from willing hearts and free minds.

Where the terror is, you must go.

I got a lot from my uncle who is a really good ska guitarist. Very ragged makeshift rhythms and intricate lines.