If I say I will protect you, I will."~Alexi de Warenne to Elysse O'Neill

If you are lost, I will find you. If you are in danger, I will protect you, " he said seriously. "It's what a gentleman does, Elysse."~Alexi de Warenne to Elysse O'Neil

A genius is usually born on the way to relentless perfection with tireless persistence.

Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion

Create you own singleness, your own loneliness, and know that you know this is exactly what you are doing. And feel damn right about it.

Like it or not, a caterpillar must first live as a chrysalis before becoming a butterfly. Maybe I remember those days because I am going through a chrysalis stage.

Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state.

The punishment of murder by death is contrary to reason, and to the order and happiness of society, and contrary to divine revelation.

Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.

Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.

A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

We are taught not to trust our own experiences. Great Salt Lake teaches me experience is all we have.