I will not have youbuild me into your lifewhen what i want is tobuild a life with you

he placed his handson my mindbefore reachingfor my waistmy hipsor my lipshe didn't call mebeautiful firsthe called meexquisite - how he touches me

stayi whisperedas youshut the door behind you

I will not have youbuild me into your lifewhen what i want is tobuild a life with you-the difference

isn't it such a tragic thing when you can see it so clearly but the other person doesn't

i am not a hotel room. i am homei am not the whiskey you wanti am the water you needdon't come here with expectationsand try to make a vacation out of me

i am watersoft enoughto offer lifetough enoughto drown it away

for you to see beauty heredoes not meanthere is beauty in meit means there is beauty rootedso deep within youyou can’t help butsee it everywhere

i am a museum full of artbut you had your eyes shut

what terrifies me most is how wefoam at the mouth with envywhen others succeedbut sigh in reliefwhen they are failingour struggle tocelebrate each other iswhat's proven most difficultin being human

i was musicbut you had your ears cut off

Let's make just a few more steps and secure success forever.

If you are blaming the oppressed rather than the oppressor you know that something is wrong.

We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.

Creating-that is the great salvation from suffering, and life's alleviation. But for the creator to appear, suffering itself is needed, and much transformation.

You're never going to be a Yankee for a day, or you're never going to be a Laker, but with Pro-Ams, they allow you to feel like you're a professional golfer and play under their conditions.

In Hollywood, you're never any better than your last picture.

Anyone from my past I'm interested in, I've already stalked their homes. I like to go outside.

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia

That's how Darkness works. It turns love into something bad.

Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.