We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

Why do babies starve /When there's enough food to feed the world /Why when there's so many of us /Are there people still alone

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

I'll toss my coins in the fountain, Look for clovers in grassy lawns Search for shooting stars in the night Cross my fingers and dream on.

We don't communicate anymore. We just talk.

He had the red serviette tucked into his t-shirt at the neck which made me laugh. He hadn’t done this since our third date when I had told him off for his bad manners.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else you are the one who gets burned.

I hope one day I will be able to be completely myself. Maybe I'll be wilder.

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn't, maybe you need a different publisher.

The depths of the self are the heights of God.

Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.

I was shot in the wrist when I was a kid. Deliberately.

And in the gunslinger's mind, those words echoed: You dare not.

All tedious research is worth one inspired moment.