He was beautiful in the way that a breeze is beautiful—the kind of beauty you feel gratitude for.

Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.

That's what it felt like - that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me.

Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.

I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.

I didn't want to see her. I was desperate to see her. I wanted to hold it together. I wanted to melt down right at her feet and scream, Look what you've done to me.

Part of my music is being alone, having that time to shut down all other noises to hear the tune underneath.

It is a sound like loneliness—enough to let you know you’re there, but not enough to fill you with life.

What are your interests?""Your son in my room, " I said."Excuse me?""The sun and the moon, " I said. "Astronomy.

Maybe fate's arithmetic is so diffuse that it's not arithmetic at all.

It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it.

I swear, the best things come to me by accident! Or should I say, effortless destiny?

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.

The Spirit inspired the Word and therefore He goes where the Word goes. The more of God's Word you know and love, the more of God's Spirit you will experience.

Within the Scripture there is a balm for every wound, a salve for every sore.

We are eating too much of the wrong thing, and not enough of the right thing

No one ever complained their way to the top.

Anybody can make a baby without any checking, without thinking. This type of parenting can be tragic because one of the greatest actions a human being can do is to create another life.

Even if you have a bad game, you have to swallow your pride and sign. It takes a little time, but it makes the kids happy. And it makes you feel good, too.

The fact is, women are in chains, and their servitude is all the more debasing because they do not realize it.