I sit with my knees pulled in tight and my arms wrapped around my shins. I can no longer feel my feet, as if blood refuses to spread so far from my heart.

The living used to wonder what happened after death. She said that whole religions were born and evolved around this one simple uncertainty.

I know in my life there have been breaches, but I also know that I am very good at blocking out the memories that serve me no purpose.

It's as if there is infinity between our lips and we will never actually touch. Like math, where dividing by half can last for eternity.

I will always need you, " I whisper. "All of this time I've waited for you. And you were never coming for me. Why did you let me wait for you?

Hang on! God will strength in any act of your pursuit.

Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one's faith.

Something that looks like a protocol but does not accomplish a task is not a protocol—it’s a waste of time.

The use of force is always an answer to problems. Force isn't an attractive answer, though.

People criticized me for my photography. They said it's not art.

It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.

I've never had that concern of thinking of myself as stupid.

Columbus only discovered that he was in some new place. He didn't discover America.

You have to look past the cool things and play the game. That's why you're here, to play the game.

What you are thinking now is creating your future life.