Beauty is the still birth of suffering, every woman knows that.

You want to come in?" she asked softly.He leveled his gaze at her. "You know what's likely going to happen if I go in there, right?"She didn't blink. "Yeah. That's why I'm asking.

Don’t water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every church you try to join.

I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.

A sad man, is man with the lights turned off.

Poetry should be vital--either stirring our blood by its divine movements or snatching our breath by its divine perfection. To do both is supreme glory, to do either is enduring fame.

You can swim (uncomfortably) in water at a temperature slightly above freezing; a tiny drop in temperature-or a miracle-allows you to walk on water.

I used to do my dad smoked, he drank, we finally had to kill him.

I don't need words. It's all in the phrasing.

it follows that if you aren't happy with yourself, you won't be happy with others.

People were going to geometry class and I was swimming through vats of chili on 'Even Stevens.' It was like a dream!