Between lips and lips there are cities of great ash and moist summit, drops of when and how, vague comings and goings: between lips and lips as along a shore of sand and glass the wind passes.

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.

In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.

The Christian life is more than just commitment to Christ

Debt is a bottomless sea.

I like to zoom out of the situation so I can see it all and don't get caught up in the little things down there.

After all the evidence is in--after you've run all the facts by everything you know--and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith.

Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.

The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.

She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?

Without a reading habit, children simply do not have a chance.

Moving people into reality TV is a mistake.

Because the pot takes the edge off the adrenaline, and it also clears your mind of it, and then you can see things a lot clearer.