When one of my friends becomes a Christian, which happens about every 10 years because I am a sheep about sharing my faith, the experience is euphoric. I see in their eyes the trueness of the story.

Christian spirituality was not a children's story. It wasn't cute or neat. It was mystical and odd and clean, and it was reaching into dirty. There was wonder in it and enchantment.

Today I wonder why it is God refers to Himself as 'Father' at all. This, to me, in light of the earthly representation of the role, seems a marketing mistake.

I know, from the three visits I made to him, the blended composite of love and fear that exists only in a boy's notion of his father.

It was a haunting feeling, the sort of sensation you get when you wonder whether you are two people, the other of which does things you can't explain, bad and terrible things.

Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

Anybody who wants to get their way says that Jesus supports their view. But that isn't Jesus' fault.

I was starting to believe I was a character in a greater story, which is why the elements of story made sense in the first place.

I lay there under the stars and thought of what a great responsibility it is to be human.

I learned that true love turns the other cheek, does not take a wrong into account, loves all people regardless of their indifference or hostility.

I have a kind heart, I’m in love. It gets deeper with every kiss and every hug.

Trust no one, " said Sullivan, "especially Teachers.

At the heart of the impulse to tell stories is a mystery so profound.

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'.

Id rather have a fake smile than a nasty stare.

There is no more reason to pay for private education than there is to pay for a private swimming pool for those who do not use public facilities.

To be with old friends is very warming and comforting.

A horse herd was, in its very essence, the manifestation of the expression 'It's always something.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

I thrive on being on the road, waking up in a different place every day and having my life revolve around music. When you walk out in front of 300,000 people and pull it off, it validates you.