I always wanted to be able to buy nice things, but the appeal of music was the escapism.

Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.

A man doesn't need to be flawless to be a perfect father, but the commitment to his family is a precious responsibility.

Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.

Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.

Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.

I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships, so will our healing.

Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.

those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control

Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.

So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.

I lost my temper, " I finish. "I lost my temper. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.""Well, no one means to lose their temper, my boy, " the Captain smiles. "If they did, it wouldn't be lost.

I have found men more kind than I expected and less just.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

My concern is how we live fictions, how fictions have real effects, become facts in that sense, and how our experience of the world changes depending on its arrangement into one narrative or another.

I'm glad God chose you to be my Dad!

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

If you find a way to write with open heart to Diary, a friend with Truth, no detail spared, your tome like Petrarch’s works will contain the scattered fragments of your soul.

Why didn't I buy a new phone earlier? Why don't I always walk around with a spare phone? It should be the law, like having a spare tire.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

As good as chocolate tastes, it sounds that good.