I was starting to believe I was a character in a greater story, which is why the elements of story made sense in the first place.

Christian spirituality was not a children's story. It wasn't cute or neat. It was mystical and odd and clean, and it was reaching into dirty. There was wonder in it and enchantment.

Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake.

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.

It was a haunting feeling, the sort of sensation you get when you wonder whether you are two people, the other of which does things you can't explain, bad and terrible things.

When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my faith, the experience is euphoric. I see in their eyes the trueness of the story.

Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

Anybody who wants to get their way says that Jesus supports their view. But that isn't Jesus' fault.

I lay there under the stars and thought of what a great responsibility it is to be human.

I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility.

I'm no optimist", she said as she opened the cabinet door. " I'm just a realist who smiles too much.

Love is bigger than everything.

Every day is a new day to hope, dream and try again.

Chance is the nature of our universe. […] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

Start by doing what's necessary then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.

Football is the most important of the less important things in the world.

Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.

Be the artist you were born to be.

Acting never crossed my mind for a moment when I was growing up.