Lack of luxury is not a reason to push others to poverty. ~ Michael A. van Doorn, Odyssey of a Heart, Home of a Soul

Cyber trolls' deceptive manipulative, political power play, duplicity and devious hypocrisy cannot equate to true friendship.~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

Pure honesty" is dead in a jungle of eternal, bloody impunity, rampant corruption and dirty politics. ~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

Move away from Machiavellian hearts. Manipulative people can frame you up even if you have a humble, simple and generous heart. Question their motive. ~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy

True understanding involves sincere honesty and holistic, deep listening without the political corruption of evil power players. ~ Angelica Hopes, an excerpt from my book K.H. trilogy

Rejection is one of the worse forms of pain. Loss is the worst. Grief haunts until you allow yourself to move on.

Beauty runs skin deep not on superficial assumptions or criticisms of many people. Live with a beautiful mind and heart. Live with a beautiful soul.

Use our memories as an asset not as a liability. Don't let it be our inner curse but share them as a rare gift.

Embrace courageously the challenging beauty of life.

A heart has its multiple facets of daily music. Respect a genuine good heart.

Size doesn't define your beauty and intelligence. Appearance doesn't measure the goodness of your heart and the hidden joy of your soul.

I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

Reading and writing is an escape for me. Where I can imagine and become who I want to be when I want to be. Where I want to be, it's just a matter of having the imagination to do so!

I love dancing, but I'm not that good of a singer. I sang in punk rock bands in high school and college and stuff, but that mostly involved lots of screaming.

When I clicked into this idea of doing a band and examining a band as a dysfunctional family, I wanted to reverse that Rescue Me formula.

I didn't have any interest in doing rich people's homes. I still don't.

Never traffic in unpracticed truth.

I really do believe in the New Jerusalem. I really do believe that we can all become better than we are. I know we can. But the price is enormous and people are not yet willing to pay it.

If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.

Learning happens when someone wants to learn, not when someone wants to teach.

Feed your mind with the good, the clean, the pure, the powerful, and the positive