Writing a poem is a lesson in the truest empathy. And to truly have empathy is to truly know power, or at least the only kind of power I’m interested in.

Go down any road far enough and you'll come to a slaughterhouse, but keep going and you'll reach the sea.

I want my government to do something about my privacy - I don't want to just do it on my own.

I’d still be nice to you if you were ugly.” “Okay.” A wicked grin slipped over his full lips. He bent his head down and whispered, “I just wouldn’t offer you any cookies.

Gentleness is an active trait, describing the manner in which we should treat others. Meekness is a passive trait, describing the proper Christian response when others mistreat us.

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security.

You can't talk about attacking or assassinating the President of the United States and you shouldn't be able to.

What you persist in doing gets easier. The task hasn't changed, but your ability to do it has increased.

True forgiveness is a self-healing process which starts with you and gradually extends to everyone else.

I have never been happier or healthier than I am right now.

Love does nothing but make you weak! It turns you into an object of pity and derision-a mewling pathetic creature no more fit to live than a worm squirming on the pavement after a hard summer rain.