A religion shapes the world of its believers by identifying questions that need answers and providing answers that people 'know' to be true. ­

You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent.

Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

Religion is something people do together to face urgent problems and to resolve them by appealing to truths that seem self-evident to them.

But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

She had a weird, fleeting thought that she wanted to eat her sister, like a sorceress in a storybook – gobble her down into her belly, keep her safe.

'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree, ' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.'

Low expectations is the key to happiness in life.

Intimacy blossoms anytime you let down your socially acceptable mask.

Man is not made to understand life, but to live it.

My Sims family is called the Cholly family. I don't know why I picked that name; it's kind of random.

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

Confidence is sexy. So if you're confident in who you are, that's sexier than anything.

Poe was the first writer to write about main characters who were bad guys or who were mad guys, and those are some of my favorite stories.