Nation-building is never a 'done deal' confined to history already established.

First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.

Rainbows introduce us to reflections of different beautiful possibilities so we never forget that pain and grief are not the final options in life.

If life is a birthday cake let my face be smeared with its icing of cognac and kindness.

Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.

In the days when hyenas of hate suckle the babes of men, and jackals of hypocrisy pimp their mothers’ broken hearts, may children not look to demons of ignorance for hope.

Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.

Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.

You were born a child of light’s wonderful secret— you return to the beauty you have always been.

Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.

The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.

..we all do it. We talk about people we don't like until they become famous. Then we love 'em.

[God] deposits a dream of what we can be for Him, a dream that acts as our internal honing device.

Armageddon was yesterday, today we have a serious problem.

I’d single-handedly go to war and burn their whole organization to the ground before I ever let them harm what was mine. And there were no two ways about it- Brighton would always be mine.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Where's the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown?

I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17.

Fire is the Sun unwinding from the tree's log.

Wearing a mask wears you out. Faking it is fatiguing. The most exhausting activity is pretending to be what you know you aren't.

There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off.