Music moves society more than most people realize. In my opinion, it's a soft manipulator of influence and change.

And then there are the rare ones who know love, who understand it. Who freely give of themselves, demanding only a return of that love,that trust.

I'll wait for you under the bluebells. I'll be there always.

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.

I told you, computers are like women. If you shout at them or ask them to do too many things at once, they shut down and you won't even get a sniff" pg. 4

Breaking rules isn't bad when what you're doing is more important than the rule itself

I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t.” (Kisten)

Maybe he thinks he can rescue me? No one is that stupid.

Sure, he had a wife and fifty-four kids, but he looked like a college freshman. A yummy college freshman majoring in Oh-my-god-I-gotta-get-me-some-of-that.

Endings are not always bad. Most times they're just beginnings in disguise.

Sure, it was nice now, but eventually there would be running and screaming and blood on the floor.

As food is to the body, so is The Word to the Spirit of a disciple

No matter how much the woman is beautiful, she will lose her womanhood if she is dumb, arrogant or liar.

CONGRATULATIONS DL Havlin! Your entry, "There are No Lights in Naples", an unpublished short fiction - flash fiction genre category, is a finalist for the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Awards competition!

I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.

I like things that are weirdly imaginative and couldn't be real, but I also like stories that are recognizable and relatable.

Sloppy language leads to sloppy thought, and sloppy thought to sloppy legislation.

The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.

I always love going to Paris, and now I feel like I know it really well.

No one talks about woman power. The Spice Girls - they're masquerading as little girls. It's repulsive.

Rose, nothing in this world could make me hate you." "Not even trying to bring my ex-boyfriend back from the dead?