It isn't fair that there's pressure exerted on those who choose to live on the edges of the bell-shaped curve of normal.

Charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing: like a sense of humor, if you think you've got it, you probably haven't.

...appetite turns common food into the fare of kings.

I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.

When lost, I look for gas stations for counsel.

The way of surviving is to find meaning in suffering.

Life and death in a relationship depend on attitudes.

Plans can be like a winged horse, but their execution plods along pulling carts.

I wonder if we climb to heaven over the ruins of many cherished schemes.

Marriage is the learning of someone else's habits.

(Home) is you in things.

Starting over is opportunity informed by failure, which is opportunity made intelligent.

God has unlimited resources. Ask him for what you desire.

My job as a poet, is not to succumb to despair but to find in words, an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

Politics is the enemy of the imagination.

It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace.

They will never count me among the broken men.

Balloonists have an unsurpassed view of the scenery, but there is always the possibility that it may collide with them.

Every tear should live its purpose. Don't ever wipe the reason away.

I will do what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election.

But the strong base and building of my love is as the very centre of the earth, drawing all things to it.