I cried because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet.

Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.

Its the most breathtakingly ironic things about living: the fact that we are all-identical twins included-alone. Singular. And yet what we seek-what saves us-is our connection to others.

Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.

Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western; we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.

The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.

Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference

If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.

If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.

Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.

Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don't want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled.

Complexes and negative beliefs remain in our sub consciousness for a life time

I never get used to the faces--wide-eyed and full of possibility--staring bad at me.

If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.

I wish I didn't have to live up to anything.

I'm fine with selecting Curry because the season he's had has been incredible.

the more I know about people, the better I like my dogs.

We must be pure. I do not speak merely of the purity of the senses. We must observe great purity in our will, in our intentions, in all our actions.

According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. It is man’s prerogative - and woman’s - to create their own particular and private hell.

What I am more concerned about is whether our whole civilization will be around in the next 25 years.