During my short time on earth I have realized that opportunities are seldom labeled.

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoes.

Simply having children does not make mothers.

He who thanks but with the lips. Thanks but in part; the full, the true Thanksgiving. Comes from the heart.

As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine.

Take responsibility for your life and count solely on yourself

Art doesn’t give rise to anything in us that isn’t already there. It simply stirs our curious consciousness and sparks a fire that illuminates who we have always wanted to be.

This is how women are trained to stay indoors, she thought, the idea echoing in her mind like a gravesong. This is how women are trained not to act.

Ability to think is the first step towards self-dependent.

I keep coming back to you in my head, but you couldn't know that, and I have no carbons.

Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.

Of the original phenomena, light is the most enthralling.

It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising.

Today's 'best practices' lead to dead ends; the best paths are new and untried.