When harried, we go as far as we dare, and with those we're sure of we dare go very far, knowing where forgiveness is certain.

God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance.

I think there are some who live on a knife-edge in the soul, and at times are driven to hurl themselves into the air, at the mercy of heaven or he'll which way to fall.

It's a kind of arrogance to be so certain you're past redemption.

Meet every man as you find him, for we're all made the same under habit, robe or rags. Some better made than others, and some better cared for, but on the same pattern, all.

God is my defender.

In time we hate that which we often fear.

I think even when homeowners love their room, it's still a shock, because you left your house, went to sleep, came home and your room was dramatically and drastically different.

My blessed California, you are so wise. You render death abstract, efficient, clean. Your afterlife is only real estate, And in his kingdom Death must stay unseen.

In my mind nothing is more abhorrent than a life of ease. None of us has any right to ease. There is no place in civilization for the idler.

I am a person. I am not a soap opera. There is never going to be a next [tabloid] installment about my life because my own stuff is my own stuff.

Avoiding the doctrine of Hell is one step away from denying it altogether.

And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we used to sing in church makes me sick, 'love wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

When you're a student and you just want some money to feel like you're an adult, you'll pretty much do anything within reason.

I’m a Jersey girl, no one can knock me down