Its hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my fathers equal in any way.

There is only one heart in my body, have mercy on me.

The long silences need to be loved, perhaps more than the words which arrive to describe them in time.

I believe one day the distance between myself and God will / disappear.

Poem in other words may or may not result from inspiration but must (in reader and author alike) produce it--

literature will lose, sunlight will win, don't worry.

The humiliation I go through/when I think of my past/can only be described as grace./We are created by being destroyed.

We are created by being destroyed.

And the night smells like snow. Walking home for a moment you almost believe you could start again. And an intense love rushes to your heart, and hope. It’s unendurable, unendurable.

This is no occupation for an adult who can look other adults in the eye, carry his own weight, and count himself one of them.

Should each individual snowflake be held accountable for the avalanche?

Make your life like toilet paper. Long and usefull.

There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

A fan's love for an artist is so deep, I know I will go whatever depths it takes to learn about people that I'm in love with.

Everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold

Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason.

I miss going to church, but I think the Lord understands.

Being single is not as bad as everyone likes to make it seem!

My life is like my shoes, worn out by service.

My persistence is the measure of the belief I have in myself.