We can hide a lot of stuff until God shows up, for when God shows up nothing is hidden, which includes both our embarrassment and His forgiveness.

Ignorance might be bliss, but it also has teeth.

Let me be strong, for to be anything else is to languish in the abyss of compromise and to descend to places of impoverishment so destitute that they will squelch my soul and crush my heart.

It would be wise to define ‘living’ as walking in the fullest expression of who I am, verses wallowing in the confines of who I’m not.

To ‘live’ is to realize that without the journey the destination is nothing more than a task rigorously completed rather than an experience riotously lived.

With God, a mountain is only a road waiting to happen.

Eons ago, the creative genius of God foresaw that it would take the shattered pieces of my ‘yesterday’ to construct the sturdy portal to my ‘tomorrow.

Is safety the ‘dream’ that will kill all of my other ‘dreams?’ For the truth is, no ‘real’ dream is safe.

God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave.

I can amass countless fortunes and yet stand with empty hands. I can seek God and have fortunes that fill countless hands.

Am I a storm-waster? For it is within the fury of the very storms within which I cower that I find resources for my growth that are entirely absent on calmer days.

Must be going crazy---my favorite poet latelyhas been me!

We are born entrepreneurs, true entrepreneurs of ourselves! Who defines the success or failure of our companies, it's us! Do not blame God for this, for even seeking it depends on you.

Promises are born broken, to fix them you keep them..

A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared, you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.

Every man has his dignity. I'm willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to.

As if being a former vampire drone in a werewolf household were not shocking enough, the maid then opened her mouth and proved that she was also, quite reprehensibly, French.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

I always quit while I am still inspired, while I could still write more. Never let the thread run all the way out.

I am constantly getting letters from inconsistancies in the back stories of these characters.

I do ballet and pointe work. I also do tap, commercial jazz and technical jazz, freestyle street dancing.