My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us.

I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

But they told me a man should be faithful, and walk when not able, and fight till the end but I'm only Human.

The greatest joy of a Christian is to give joy to Christ.

Walls have ears.Doors have eyes.Trees have voices.Beasts tell lies.Beware the rain.Beware the snow.Beware the manYou think you know.-Songs of Sapphique

No more excuses. I can't blame anything on my parents. I'm responsible for my mistakes and my choices.

If you are always trying to do something for a cause bigger than you - connected with serving others - then it is hard to be guilty.

Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.

Most of my books have caused distribution and printing problems in the past.

A man without vision is a man without God.

Lethargy is the forerunner of death to the public liberty.

I like books that don't give you an easy ride. I like the feeling of discomfort. The sense of being implicated.