My nerves came back in full force. I'd thrown myself in the deep end, and, feeling like I had no idea how to swim, I had to get back to shore somehow. "I'm sorry, " I whispered.

Peering around her, I took note exactly where the hundred metre high cliff started. i didn't want to be taking an unexpected flying lesson today.

Who was that?” Layetta asked.“Nobody.”“You can’t take a phone call from nobody. That meansthere is no one on the other end of the phone, meaning no phone call. So. Who was it?” I asked.

You two would get on like a house on fire. Don't douse the flames before you've struck a match.

I gazed up at the stars as I waited. They twinkled down at me, like a huge handful of diamonds someone had coated in glue and thrown on the ceiling.

Sometimes I found it hard to believe that the person in the mirror was me.

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love - but sometimes it was so hard to love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.

Death is a door. When we close our eyes in this life, we will open our eyes to Jesus.

Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.

No one is entitled to the truth.

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

While we look forward to a new heaven, let's first consider the new earth, for the new earth will indeed be like heaven on earth. We will live on a restored earth.

Religion supports and perpetuates the social organization it reflects.

I'm too high, but I ain't left the ground.

Lets us all have an open conversation about what this might mean if [Donald] Trump gets his way or how we might be able to adjust that and make American people safer.