One of the strangest things about life is that it will chug on, blind and oblivious, even as your private world - your little carved-out sphere - is twisting and morphing, even breaking apart.

But how could anyone who's ever seen a summer - big explosion of green and skies lit up electric with splashy sunsets, a riot of flowers and wind that smells like honey - pick the snow?

Live free or die.

It's funny, isn't it? When you are young you just want to be old, and then later you wish you could go back to being a kid.

How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust--and also to make you feel so whole?

Fridays are the hardest in some ways: you’re so close to freedom.

Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future.

And when it started to get dark you pointed to the sky, and told me there was a star for every thing you loved about me.

i think of all the thousands of billions of steps and missteps and chances and coincidences that have brought me here. Brought you here, and it feels like the biggest miracle in the world.

I love you. Remember. They cannot take it

I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

When you invite Jesus Christ into your life and embrace his command, Satan receives an eviction notice. Romans 10:9

One dream can change your destiny.

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

[Reagan] was the best president in this era, as he had the perfect temperament for the job.

My biggest kick in music -playing or writing- is when I have a problem. Without a problem to solve, how much interest do you take in anything?

The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable. ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.

Peter swept aside Yogi Tea and Harmony Herbal Blend, though he hesitated a second over the chamomile. .... But no. Violent death demanded Earl Grey.

You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.

Now a small woman, with dangerous curves. I could bite into her.