Theists give several 'proofs' of the existence of God. These are really just arguments, because if there were convincing proof just one would suffice.

You know, ' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Many artists give up after a while.

A squalid phantasmagoria of breath

Believe the impossible is possible

Some promises aren’t worth keeping.

If I'm a character, it's a biographical movie. My character is as close to me as possible. As close to being myself as possible. So my character, J. Cole, is very close to Jermaine Cole.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

We all get distracted, the question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?

I maintain that all sorrow comes from love of those things of which loss deprives me.