Nothing was ever normal again.Many lives change like that -- all of a sudden, and forever.

The word of God came down to man as rain to soil, and the result was mud, not clear water. (Bistami) Pg. 128

All the great moments of history have taken place inside people’s heads.

It is a long time ago. So many lives ago--I get them all confused, don’t you?

The people are suffering. Relieving people’s poverty ought to be handled as though one were rescuing them from fire, or saving them from drowning. One cannot hesitate.

Desire is life trying to continue to be life. All living things desire, bacteria feel desire. Life is wanting.

Bold didn’t know what he felt, it changed minute by minute.

We don't get to choose the things that happen to us in life. What we can choose is how to react to them, how we deal with them, and how we move on.

Your outside world is a reflection of your inside world. What goes on in the inside, shows on the outside.

Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development.

Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.

The only problem with capitalism is the capitalists.

The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.

Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

I'll always be the catman.

Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.