My tears brought no sense of release or relief. Their flight felt like the lightest, coldest touch of a departing lover.

I said nothing. Deep inside of me, my voice screamed from a hole where I had buried it

What if half the things ever said / Turned out to be a lie / How will you know the truth / If you were given all the answers / And you stopped to wonder why...

A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films; a writer just needs to write three great books.

In my mind, everything is too sanitised on television - what is wrong with things going wrong?

Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.

I had a great interest in sports. I had three older brothers who were great athletes. I was not.

All that produces longing in the heart deprives it of its freedom.

Stop giving your power away and begin to trust that your feelings are in fact expressions of the deepest truths.

Consistency may be the hobgoblin of little minds, but law, morality and leadership demand it. Without consistency, there is privilege.

When someone has cancer, the whole family and everyone who loves them does, too.