I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be.

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.

Like a blazing comet, I've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear.

I know I'll work, but not when or where. I never know what to pack.

Busy old fool, unruly Sophie

My parents were very protective. I couldn't even cross the street without them getting all excited, and placing bets.

I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.

It was so much fun to do, play the blues and then play a Monkees set on the same night.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

It's always very pure, that last moment before an ugly, unsettling truth hits someone. The most stark of before-and-afters.