Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the kind of writing that excites me.

Wish it, believe it, and it will be so.

A photograph is a souvenir of life!

We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others.

Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded!

Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy.

I taught myself the first year course while I was on the dole, then moved to London to do an MA at SOAS, which led straight into a PhD.

Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words.

The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22

The hardest memories are the pieces of what might have been.

Life doesn't take itself seriously for long. Joy leaves an imprint even in the hardest sorrow.

If your small work does not experience increase and growth, you will be starving yourself inspiration

why do people pour water on concrete expecting something to grow from it" AP

In every relationship one must sacrifice to show thy love. Are you willing to make sacrifices for someone you love?

What you see and feel depends on what you know and what you are looking for.

You do your job, you get your work done at the rink and then you go home. The big thing is figuring out what you're going to do the rest of the day.

At Delphi I prayed to Apollo that he maintain in me the flame of the poem and I drank of the brackish spring there.

I was born singing. Most babies cry, I sang an aria.

You can't just make me different and then leave. You can't. You can't change me and make my whole life centered around you, then leave.

If I continue to just get to the playoffs every year, I guess you could say I arrived, but right now I'm just trying to find my way.

As I said, the matter of the Pan African Parliament was raised with us by other African countries who said we should host.