I'm like Donatello. For real. You probably want to come play your joints for me get my condolence.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

No religion, I'm just so explicit, I coexist in places you would never know existed.

I'm just a demon that means well. Freelance for God, but do the work of Satan.

I say 'cuz' around Bloods, and I say 'blood' around Crips...I'm twisted. Got Mary, got Lucy, got Molly: that's wifey, girlfriend and mistress.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

The universe bends to a still mind, peace be still.

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

At times it feels like the whole universe is pushing you to do something.

Social media takes time and careful, strategic thought. It doesn't happen by accident.

But to be self-obsessed is simply not o.k. for the most important country in the world, the United States, which affects every other country in the world.

Grateful people may recover faster from trauma.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.

And you know me, oh you know me more than anyone.

If your heart says, "Maybe I shouldn't be doing this," listen to your heart, pray for strength, and get out of the situation immediately.

Don't you think it's strange how many referees work at Footlocker?

The living Lord leads His living church.

The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.