Verbs. All of them tiring.

Ask her what she craved, and she'd get a little frantic about things like books, the woods, music. Plants and the seasons. Also freedom.

We are not strong enough to stand up against endless grief, And yet pain is the constant drone of life. So if we are to have any happiness at all, it is only in the passing instant.

She always carried a book, though, in case she needed to read a few pages to avoid unwanted conversation.

Claim your space. Draw a circle of light around it. Push back against the dark. Don't just survive. Celebrate.

Thinking: this journey will be the axle of my life.

All I can say is that we are mistaken to gouge such a deep rift in history that the things old men and old women know have become so useless as to be not worth passing on to grandchildren.

Well, I'm a slow writer. For me, a good day is a page, maybe a page and a half. I'd love to be more efficient, but I am not.

I had never taken creative writing classes. Hadn't even considered it.

A lizard in the spring - hear his darling sing. A bird with wings to fly - go back to his darling weep and moan till he dies. A mole in the ground - root a mountain down.

He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.

...you definitely are deep water Dr. Fisher. Fathoms deep.

People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave.

In the end, I want to be able to say, 'My life was what I made it.

Every great house is full of haughty servants.

I will not change the world. Jesus will do that. I can, however, let Him use me to change the world for one person.

Creation lives alone in a small temple. Only one may worship at a time.

Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it- you're halfway to Asphodel already.

I am very slow to warm. I've always been sort of a loner. I didn't play team sports. I am better one-on-one than in big groups

I've got a bike. You can ride it if you like. It's got a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good. I'd give it to you if I could, but I borrowed it...

I am ready to face the International Criminal Court of Justice at the Hague for prosecution over roles played by me when the war ended