But that is the thing about miracles: it is perception that determines them as such, not facts.

It is his absence that is part of me and has been for years. This is who I am, perhaps who we all are, keepers of the absent and the dead. It is the blessing and burden of being alive.

The smell of home was indistinguishable from the smell of leaving home: each inhalation a mix of familiarity and fear.

If only I could rest for a time in quiet pain and awaken new and willing. He is looking forward and I am inward.

How is it that disappointment arrives as soon as what you have desired for so long steps over the threshold? It’s like finding the end of your wedding train dragging behind in the mud.

I was not always a Muslim, but once I was led into the absorption of prayer and the mysteries of the Qur’an, something troubled in me became still.

If you go through the biography of any famous personality you idolize you are sure to see the how the words ‘I can’ and ‘I believe’ played a very vital role in their fame.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.

Usually you kind of give the President a pass on leaking confidential stuff.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

His lips pressed against her forehead and she felt him smile against her skin. "Believe me...the only place in the world I want to be is wherever you are." -Grant Morgan

But where will the Fed find another bubble?

My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.

Throughout the history of the sport, the heavyweight champion has been... a reason to talk about boxing at the water cooler.