Children are knives, my mother once said. They don’t mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to them, don’t we, we clasp them until the blood flows.

Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.

The world bein’ so small ain’t always a good thing for those of us who ain’t searchin’ for new and different stuff.

The key of joy is disobedience.

Remember how last year there were two more girls than guys and I had to be on the guys' side and dance with all the girls? That was a lot of fun. I love being tall.

People are very narcissistic. It's not all their fault. We live in a society where there is a magazine for you, a channel for you, a perfume for you.

If life is a video game, then most of us have no chance of winning, if by winning you mean succeeding in a quest or saving a princess.

I think of myself as more of a lover rather than a fighter, but sometimes you have to fight for what you love.

If I win, it's because of my natural ability and if I lose, it's because I wasn't trying so hard.

Seeking the invisible through the imagery of the visible, the Americans never can get quite all the way to the end of the American dream.

Don't plan without God. God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the plans we have made, when we have not taken Him into account.

I'm convinced that a large percentage of people that we call worldly Christians are perhaps not Christian to begin with and that may be the trouble.