God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f*** up too often

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.

Faith hope and charity-if we had more of the first two we'd need less of the last.

It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.

Springfield has always had a place in my heart.

It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen.

[Kenneth Koch] taught us to be playful, to be very appreciative of other poets, to appreciate all forms of expression. He taught us to be experimental.

My father was a stone mason, and a talented amateur pianist and vocalist.

Your mouth smells like my jock strap.

Every expression of true beauty can be acknowledged as a path leading to an encounter with the Lord Jesus.

There is always room for a man of force and he makes room for many. Society is a troop of thinkers and the best heads among them take the best places.