The depressed person is a radical, sullen atheist.

Love is the time and space where "I" give myself the right to be extraordinary.

Significance is inherent in the human body.

That faith be analyzable does not necessarily imply a method for getting by without it. . . .

Naming suffering, exalting it, dissecting it into its smallest components – that is doubtless a way to curb mourning.

Out of all the things that look & bleed, the most bruised is a man who has seen his dreams crushed and experienced miserable hopelessness.

How can we prepare for the future if we won’t acknowledge the past?

Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of creation. It makes history possible.

Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

I actually haven't been approached a whole lot for television, believe it or not.

We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.

There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember / That the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world

Life doesn't come with an instruction book; that's why we have fathers.

The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel.

A bench in the street can be a good writer because all kind of material comes onto it like a heavy rain!