At that instant I became a blooming lotus flower. The water in which I flourished was a single teardrop from Nyx.

I am afraid of everybody else's secrets

What is reality today was but a dream and an imagination not that long ago.

In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbor hostility against us, not those against whom we cherish hostility, for Jesus refuses to reckon with such a possibility.

It does not take much to imagine the humanity of people you don't know.

Spending waiting moments doing crossword puzzles or reading a book you brought yourself.

I certainly believe that I have no right to tell another couple whether they can or cannot be married.

Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.

All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.

The truth is that I don't like rehearsals. I get embarrassed hearing my own work. I assume that the cast is embarrassed to sing the stuff.

Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never peril.