That excuse only works until you discover the person is merely an individual like any other.

Her pulse raced, pounding in her ears above the howling wind. A wave of dizziness crashed over her with the rapid flood of adrenaline. She gasped in a breath. “Don’t let go.

We don’t get to choose what happens to us—but we always get to choose how we react to it.

I wouldn't be your best and most marvelous friend in the galaxy if I didn’t point out there might be a few negative consequences from all…” she gazed upward and twirled her hand in the air “…this.

Alexis, please mind your mouth. Cursing in Russian is still cursing.

In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing…okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second was dangerous.

They sit in their soundproof rooms and issue tone-deaf edicts and call themselves controlling the world. And one day they ask you to die for them.

In the end, what will you fight for-- what got there first, what got there last or what has been there all along?

It's just...how do I put this? Maybe it's just hard for me to imagine turning down something that's so much harder for someone like me to find.

We boldly conquer any fear with faith.

To undo a Jew is charity and not sin.

Words and sentences are subjects of revision; paragraphs and whole compositions are subjects of prevision.

I have received 16 Grammy nominations and I have no trophies, because I chose to write the harsh realities. I stayed true to myself and I've taken a little beating behind it.

In the interests of economy they condemned hundreds of children to death and I call it murder.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

It is important to note that the world changes and that perception of music changes as well.

Most green-collar jobs are middle-skill jobs. That means they require more education that a high-school diploma, but less than a four-year degree.