I say I drownin' in river. She don't look me like I'm crazy but say, If you just sit there the river gonna rise up drown you! Writing could be the boat carry you to the other side. (97)

Depression is anger turned inward.

But you cant get all hung up on details when you are trying to survive.

Listen baby, Muver love you. Muver not dumb. Listen baby: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ. Thas the alphabet. Twenty- six letters in all. Them letters make up words. Them words everything.

Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, "Grow, grow." - The Talmud

How that is so I don't know. How Mama and Daddy know me sixteen years and hate me, how a stranger meet me and love me. (131)

I changed the past by walking back into it.

I know you are, but you gotta push

I need no alibi, I did steal your heart.

Just us fancy wise-men trying to take on the world.

Unfortunately, our minds are our greatest assets, and our biggest flaws.

As we explore new ways of thinking, we need to be willing to investigate, experiment, take some risks with our attention, and stretch.

The call of distinction cannot be heard by the average, neither can the vision of distinction be seen by the eyes of the mediocre.

Nature never said to me: Do not be poor still less did she say: Be rich her cry to me was always: Be independent.

I have angel wings and a halo on my wrist, which I got done on my 30th birthday in memory of my brother.

Love hard when there is love to be had.

Lifelessness is only a disguise behind which hide unknown forms of life.

The way we think about ourselves will give rise to the world we live in.

Once you savor God's goodness, sin holds no lasting appeal.

You can laugh of everything, but not with everybody.