Sociological prose is generally written without images in an exact form for an academic audience.

To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.

... where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be.

We did not come to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves like the trees, Trees that start again.

The door to the soul is unlocked; you do not need to please the doorkeeper, the door in front of you is yours, intended for you, and the doorkeeper obeys when spoken to.

Every part of you that you do not love will regress and become hostile towards you.

We make the path by walking.

It’s all right if you grow your wings on the way down.

There are a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty then they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is gone.

The beginning of love is a horror of emptiness.

Every noon as the clock hands arrive at twelve, I want to tie the two arms together, And walk out of the bank carrying time in bags.

How unlucky she was--born with adventurous hooves that were stuck inside a pen. But she wasn't giving up. If there was a way out, Flora said to herself, she would find it.

Now it’s when you build your association with the members, they are already there.

It is a mark of maturity to deal with the problem rather than suppress it

When we have a world of only now with no shadows of yesterdays or clouds of tomorrow then saying what we can do will work.

You know it's real when you are who you think you are

Prayer is the very life-breath of true Christianity.

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.

Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.

It was a terrifying feeling. And if it was love, he wanted none of it.

Be patient with yourself and take heart. Your self-confidence will grow if you seek challenges and worry less about the initial insecurity.