Believe in your own eyes and you'll get into a lot of trouble, hot water, a mess.

There are things you break that can't be put back together again. And Kashmir may be one of them.

Rock and roll music - the music of freedom frightens people and unleashes all manner of conservative defense mechanisms.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Language is courage: the ability to conceive a thought, to speak it, and by doing so to make it true.

‘Respect for religion’ has become a code phrase meaning ‘fear of religion.’ Religions, like all other ideas, deserve criticism, satire, and, yes, our fearless disrespect.

In the cookie of life, friends are the chocolate chips.

Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.

The whole story of migration and what that has done in interconnecting the planet is obviously something I've written about a lot.

faith without doubt is addiction

People would rather live in a community with unreasonable claims, than face loneliness with their truth

Be strong within ones self, but never forget where ones true strength comes from.

Every meal should end with something sweet. Maybe it's jelly on toast at breakfast, or a small piece of chocolate at dinner - but it always helps my brain bring a close to the meal.

I can never remember things I didn't understand in the first place.

I always listen to NSYNC's "Tearin' Up My Heart." It reminds me to wear a bra.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.

If God allows you to be stripped of the exterior portions of your life, He means for you to cultivate the interior

Therell always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed, or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador.

May the trees continue to thrive and flourish on this earth, filling our hearts with joy and inspiration.