My heart is sinking and my chest physically aches from the heavy sadness that it carries within.

It’s worth burning myself out like a matchso long as others receive the light and warmth I dispatch.

Rising from the ashes, I am born again, powerful, exultant, majestic through all the pain.

The "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" begins with "life", and "life" begins at conception.

I'm sorry, " I say. "I didn't give you everything you wanted. I wasn't everything you wanted. You were everything I wanted.

When I used to play sports, I'd be the one cheering the team on, 'Come on, we can beat these guys!' That's just in me.

Bobby Fischer has an enormous knowledge of chess and his familiarity with the chess literature of the USSR is immense.

For poets that have had my luck, Seldom write when they can kiss.

I think laughter is crucial. Some of the original cultures, like the Dalit and the Native American, don't separate laughter and seriousness.

Sometimes when you meet a musician you are a fan of, and he or she isn't the friendliest person, you walk away from the experience wondering if you will ever be able to listen to their music again.

There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit, to soothe the distracted student's mind, to spiritualize his life.

(Adron leveled a scowl that made him shrink back.) Jeeze, you ought to bottle that look. I know armies that would pay a fortune to have something that toxic in their arsenal. (Tiernan)

We need to help those we seek to serve, to know for themselves that God not only loves them, but He is ever mindful of them and of their needs.