The uncreated and the dead exist solely in our actual and virtual pasts.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Man be merciful, for your Maker is merciful.

As the epic film, Noah, debuts this weekend, those of you who have read Samrajni of Pemako know about the Noah subplot in the novel.Yes, Safiya the protagonist is distantly related to Noah...

poetry is not—except in a very limited sense—a form of self-expression. Who on earth supposes that the pearl expresses the oyster?

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

'But even I know that in your line of work, there's a difference between being a volunteer and being volun-told.'

I give all the glory to God. It's kind of a win-win situation. The glory goes up to Him and the blessings fall down on me.

The world demands that you work for it, make families, provide, take no time to listen to your own heart beating.

There is less danger in fearing too much than too little.

[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.

I'm not going to say I'm a big girl. I'm a very small person, but I'm a healthy weight. That might be a little weird for Hollywood.