When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence.

The eye is always caught by light, but shadows have more to say.

As long as people are going to call you lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.

Remember to breathe. It is after all, the secret of life.

From torched skyscrapers, men grew wings.

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.

If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

Growth and change were viewed as reactions to conditions met

Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.

Knowing is not enough. You must accept My blessings in order to attain a better life. You must embrace a higher level of consciousness.

Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.

There is only a single step between impurity and purity.

Goodness knows the Republican electorate is a pretty narrow slice of the population.

The camera will never compete with the brush and the palette, until such time as photographs can be taken in Heaven or Hell.

When women hear each other's stories, told from the heart, it gives us inspiration to keep on going.

To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest in kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.

It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear, there is no debate, no discussion.

You will fear the darkness only to the extent that you yourself are not providing light.

I have a really strong passion for what I do. I don’t see myself doing anything else.