She sat in the silence that resulted in the absence of her words, feeling unburdened but not absolved.

I know a great number of things, though never all at once or for very long.

Nature was beautiful and filled with spirituality without needing to be likewise full of spirits.

I could either succumb to the nightmares I’ve raised or paint them.

Instead of the birds of the sky and beast of the field, the gods were more than men because Man needed them to be, for what could the world be if Man were the best of all creatures?

The Word no longer belonged to Man because they believed it did not. Man saw the gods alone as Creators and forgot that there had ever been any other way.

Angels are just beyond us. They’re creatures that biology doesn’t apply to. They don’t love humanity at all. They just love God.

You get a few of them together and don’t be surprised if pipes and drums appear out of nowhere. It is a sort of magic people believe in…

[His] leaving had stabbed her heart. This organ was not inclined to forgive her for vulnerability.

His mind was a tapestry constantly weaving and unweaving with the dedication of Penelope for her Odysseus.

You belong to the world. Don’t be afraid to be a part of it.

A dream? With you, reality is always as a dream. There is no greater fantasy, no grander epic, than being with you.

Finally the dawn came, the sky fringed with pink, and the sun bright as a coin in a spill of rising red.

There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal those wounds.

You're in a combat zone one day. You come home, and then you have to readjust, and it takes a few days. We just sit in the house, hang with the family and then things get better.

A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.

homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i'm always missing someone or someplace or something, i'm always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.

It takes a profound hypocrisy to try to reconcile for others things that you can't reconcile for yourself.

So long as we mayhavean independent Judiciary, the great interests of the people will be safe.

For the most part, I feel really comfortable with what I've given to the people. I want to give it to them again.

They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.