An oath is a frightening thing when you are prepared to keep it, and I felt it tightening around my soul even as I gave my pledge.

Most of the oppression of Muslims in the world right now is carried out by other Muslims.

Happiness is.. looking at the closing door, then bolting them from outside and fleeing.

To her, it was like asking a butterfly what it remembered about being a caterpillar. She could fly now and nothing could touch her when she left the cocoon of her body behind at night.

But I believe the greatest enemy of the Bible is the so-called Christian who simply ignores the Bible or disregards it.

I was unhappy and I couldn't figure out what was the matter. And he told me to go take a writing course. And I didn't even know that one could learn to write in writing courses.

Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows.

'Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a mere stylist again.

The media, the corporations, the politicians…have all done such a good job of scaring the American public, it’s come to the point where they don’t need to give any reason at all.

What is called honors and dignities, and even honor and dignity, is generally fool's gold.

When you transform your mind, everything you experience is transformed.