I drew because words were too unpredictable. (5)

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

Now faith is being sure of what we believe in and certain of what we do not see. (Heb. 11:1)

Knowing one day, I will be gone, makes me live fuller life.

Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations.

Love will come find you, just to remind you of who you are.

Perfection doesn't exist.

Violence against women is still treated as a lesser crime. Armed groups turn it into a weapon of choice because of near total impunity.

What makes us heroic?--Confronting simultaneously our supreme suffering and our supreme hope.

It is still my dream to own a little flower shop.

Pitching is a priority.

If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it.