But when I breath with the birds, The spirit of wrath becomes the spirit of blessings, And the dead begin from their dark to sing in my sleep.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

May my silences become more accurate.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.

We hope for what we want.

It can be said that one slip of point of view by a writer can hurt a story badly, and several slips can be fatal.' Stein on Writing

The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

Poor Lucas, always trying to protect me from danger. He’d never guessed that I was the dangerous one.

Murder, considered a crime when people commit it singly, is transformed into a virtue when they do it en masse.

Ive learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.

There are moments which are made up of too much stuff for them to be lived at the time they occur.

As early as the autumn of 1862, I was made very happy by being sent to school.

Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is the best strategy I know.