I have limited experience, but I know this: moments of connection with another human being are patently rare. But rarer still are those who can recognize such a connection when they see one.

Pain makes people who they are.

People say home is where the heart is, but I think maybe home is the heart

Im not going to change my ways, just to please you or appease you, inside a crowd five billion proud willing to punch it out, right, wrong, weak strong, ashes to ashes all fall down.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

I got to work with Jared Leto. Jared's cute. Oh, I'll tell you. Jared will make you doubt about your sexuality.

I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.

Of the crow-blue mussel shells, one keeps adjusting the ash heaps; opening and shutting itself like an injured fan.

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

David Nugent tore up the Championship but he’s gone to Portsmouth and he’s a fish up a tree

I am like a child who awakes At the light, so safe and secureFree from night's fears when dawn breaks, In Thee I am ever secure.

Obama is capable - as evidenced by his first-term success with health care reform. But mandate-building requires humility, a trait not easily associated with him.

I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.