It's best to be ruthless with the past.

It ain't the blows we're dealt that matter, but the ones we survive.

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.

The author & the reader "know" each other: they meet on the bridge of words

...you either forgive a lover for abandoning you or you forgive God for taking them - either way you have to forgive...

She drifted down into the water, letting it engulf her body until even her face was underwater. The silence was delicious, just the sound of her own heartbeat in her ears.

Golf is the hardest game in the world. There is no way you can ever get it. Just when you think you do, the game jumps up and puts you in your place.

Persecutors are almost always former Victims.

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

she’s not as pretty as you,” I said “But she’s a simpler girl,” my mother whispered.

On a personal level, I'm proud of Grace Dunham for being so staunchly in her identity. It's a very unusual thing for a young person. I think she's been very strong about it.

As musicians, and as people who sell material for people to hear and absorb, it's important that we use that voice wisely.