Ice upon ice, and yet, inside, she melted and mourned all the same.

Everyone’s searching for someone to end the pain of loneliness. Even the darkest of souls wants a shot at redemption.

Once upon a time, he might’ve chased her and tumbled her in the sheets with the promise of more in the future.

She would never forget how his soul was lonely as the moon they’d met under, and how, for several brief moments, she’d been able to chase the loneliness away.

Truth be told, loneliness had seeped into her bones with the passing of time until it had become her normal way of life.

Like a firework, a person’s life flashed brightest right before expiration.

No monster would hold the hurt I see in your eyes or carry the guilt you do every day.

The shadows along the streets were personal, and, every passing day, they seemed to grow longer and hungrier

The water glittered under the moon’s careful watch, and, in the distance, steeples cut stark black silhouettes into the landscape of the distant city.

While the club-kid lifestyle might’ve once appealed to him, after he discovered even drugs wouldn’t dull his sharpened reality, he went into each round cold.

Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor.

the strength of open, unregulated information-sharing platforms is their responsiveness, not their insight or depth

Claudia... you've been a very very naughty little girl.

Marry above thy match and you will get a master.

When you fight you are in a situation where failure can happen. This chance of failure forges your character in many ways.

I will not move my army until I am absolutely ready.

There isn't anything in the world that can't be made better.

When you write - explode - fly apart - disintegrate! Then give time enough to think, cut, rework, and rewrite.

There's nothing my brothers and I didn't put a hole in. We turned our home into a Wiffle house.

I think being a Catholic made me a better person. It taught me how to choose good over evil, and how to be a more caring human being.