And suddenly, her day turned into the kind that explained why God invented chocolate, comfy pants, and booze.

She'd taken his heart and his virginity and left him more bitter than sweet.

The Sweets rarely set foot on the avenues. They'd always lived on the street-side of town, where duct tape held everything together and WD-40 stopped the squeaks.

West Virginia had the Hatfield and the McCoys. Shakespeare had the Capulets and the Montagues. Salvation had the Martins and the Sweets.

She hadn't just drunk the Salvation Kool-Aid - she'd started to brew her own.

Being this close to him was like sitting under a hotness heat lamp. In the desert. At high noon.

hold company with yourself so sacredthat even when you are alone, you are whole.

Father, I trust in you!

Wise people do not claim to know it all, they always prefer to learn from others.

Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.

If we don't risk it all, we may as well not write at all.

I like the songwriting. I don't ever listen and then go back and change stuff. For me when I wrote the song, it's always really fun and exciting.

Think about these things and see if they make sense to you. You will find that work will no longer be a four-letter word. It will be a three-letter word: fun.

But not gold in commercial quantities, Just enough gold to make the engagement rings And marriage rings of those who owned the farm. What gold more innocent could one have asked for?

Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.

A lot of people play to impress, but the really gifted ones play to move. That's the greatest point of ever doing this.