I cannot help but wonder how many of us walk through our lives, day after day, feeling slightly broken and alone, surrounded all the time by others who feel exactly the same way.

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.

But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

It exhasperated her, but she knew better than to force the world to her desire.

She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.

Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy.

Some days simply lay on you like stones.

The gesture was so tight with rage she feared she’d snap and crack the world in two.

I love her more than just a little. I think it's because we're both somewhat broken, in our own odd ways. More importantly, we're both aware of it.

But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world.

Losing Foxen was bad. It would leave her blind and lonely in the dark. Being trapped beneath the pipes and choking out her life was awful too. But neither of those things were wrong.

The way to stop financial "joy-riding" is to arrest the chauffeur not the automobile.

Do ye hear the children weeping O my brothers?

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creatures's will.

Righteous women in their circle of influence, beginning in the home, can turn the world around.

When I write, I solemnly visit myself.

The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.

Westerners have aggressive problem-solving minds; Africans experience people.

Well, I would never do a study because I'm a practicing physician. I mean, all I do is treat people.

What does Obama mean keep working on closing Gitmo? It's a broken promise. Obama said we were gonna close Gitmo the first day he was in office and it never happened.