Iskari let others define her because she thought she didn't have a choice. Because she thought she was alone and unloved.

You could die, " she whispered. "Everything dies, " he whispered back. "I'm afraid of so much more than dying.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

Truly, a life in constant pain is the life of the damned.

I try to pray everyday or every night to thank my Personal Lord for all that he has given me, all that he is giving me, and all that he will give me.

Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.

I went to jail. I looked like one of those savings-and-loan guys leaving the jail house.

Leftism and narcissism are almost synonymous

The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself.

Those that govern most make least noise.

Sometimes the Lord rides out the storm with us and other times He calms the restless sea around us. Most of all, He calms the storm inside us in our deepest inner soul.

I think these ladies, that group of 130 women, are going to make a difference in what goes on down there, because they're going to hold the locals' feet to the fire.