American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on T.V., they don't fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag...they fight for one another.

When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.

There is always one more thing you can do to increase your odds of success.

Hate war, but love the American Warrior.

For a sailor to sail around the world, the thought is just, sometimes, too much. Thus, one simply goes from port to port in the same direction.

It's a sobering thought: When Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years.

You seen it, was it as pretty as me?

[Love] can be found in making little dresses for stuffed birds, or in a garden of tenderness like I have done - mixing writing, photography, and real spaces. There are all kinds of acts of love.

This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate.

It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way.

The great test of life is to see whether we will hearken to and obey God's commands in the midst of the storms of life.

Part of me wanted something bloody and really fun.

Gas consumption is growing everywhere.

When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.