God, our world is so complicated.

Every morning I wake up with a purpose and a smirk

You're using your headphones to drown out your mind

I care so much about making things that are useful for people to have and listen to, but I don't care so much that I won't do whatever the hell I want. It's just one of those things.

I'm the hero of this story, I don't need to be saved

The piano is not firewood -- yet.

So break me to small parts, let go in small doses, but spare some for spare parts.

I've got a perfect body, 'cause my eyelashes catch my sweat

Pick a star on the dark horizon and follow the light.

I'm much more drawn to fiction, to short stories, and to plays, than I am to diarists.

I don't really make records chronologically.

The paradox of faith is that when we conform our lives to Christ then we gain our true freedom. And its fruit is profound and lasting happiness.

We want the safety of yesterday even though we know it's not where God would have us.

Our estimates suggest that a tax increase of 1 percent of GDP reduces output over the next three years by nearly 3 percent. The effect is highly significant.

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.

Every woman is after a kind of classy image.

Can I be your only hope? Because your the only hope for me.

Get it out of your historic head.

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.

Criticism is the price of ambition.