Have you noticed," said John, "how countries call theirs 'sovereign nuclear deterrents,' but call the other countries' ones 'weapons of mass destruction'?

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

A mindset of gratitude lifts the veil of bitterness and allows you to see beauty and possibility.

I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.

Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!

You piss me off you Salmon... You're too expensive in restaurants.

Thinking men and women the world over are beginning to realize that patriotism is too narrow and limited a conception to meet the necessities of our time.

I wish I could take what I'm feeling right now and put it in the water system, and we would all love each other.

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.

Fall in love in such a way that it frees you from any connecting.

Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.