I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea level than down below.

I should like to write about what happens when fictive people encounter and are embellished by real people.

Never argue with a profit.

We live in a broken world - and for the life of me I can't get it all right. But Jesus takes all our broken messes and He makes them, by His grace, into a mosaic of grace.

It's your own conscience That is gonna remind you That it's your heart and nobody else's That is gonna judge.

The key is to be happy for no reason. Just be love. Just be it. Just be happy no matter what. Just share your love and know that like it's all ok.

Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.

It is impossible to overstate the need for prayer in the fabric of family life.

I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth.

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer.

I realized that Judaism required me to give up something that meant too much to me...Bacon cheeseburgers.

That is how it feels. Like everything between us is twisted together, friendship and love and family, so I cant tell the difference between any of them.