How we remember, what we remember, and why we remember form the most personal map of our individuality.

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

When you’re stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing.

Writing bridges the inner and outer worlds and connects the paths of action and reflection.

Words are how we think; stories are how we link.

Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.

In the midst of overwhelming noise and distraction, the voice of story is calling us to remember our true selves.

To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against.

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it's to grow the soul.

Spiritual life is contractual. The sacred cannot dialogue with the unresponsive.

Creatures of a very particular making, we need to know the cultural blinders that narrow our world view as well as the psychological blinders that narrow our view of our personal experience.

I do what I feel, that's all. I am an ordinary photographer working for his own pleasure. That's all I've ever done.

Like having a great idea, life comes at you fast. It hits you and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. In a way, it's a lot like...lightning.

Solipsism may be logically consistent with present Quantum Mechanics, Monism in the sense of Materialism is not.

I was not cut out to be a rebel.

Sacred Bands and elite squadrons aren't what the mercenaries' guild is about. Field them at your peril.

Shannon isn't really my brother...Actually he's the love of my life.

Europe has never existed. One must genuinely create Europe.

Pa gen lape nan tet, si pa gen lape nan vant (there is no peace in the head if there is no peace in the stomach).

I've seen a lot of people buy my books and then fall asleep on the plane soon afterwards.

Every single day that you walk outside your house is something new and different and exciting.