You bear a sword and shield, remind meof her labor, her stoning gaze. What beastwill your blade free next? What call will you loosefrom another woman's throat?

Refuse the old means of measurement.Rely instead on the thrumming wilderness of self. Listen.-From "Out West

You grow. You are large. You are a 19th century poem.All of America is inside you, a catalogue of lives and landand burrowing things.-From "Catalogue

Humankind has turned the world into a cruel and at times inhospitable place. The thing that makes it all bearable is the potential for loving companionship.

She didn't know why being near him made the beast inside her go away, and she didn't care. She was Minka in his arms and a monster out of them. That was all that mattered to her.

I would sooner walk in the dark, and hold hard to a promise of my God, than trust in the light of the brightest day that ever dawned.

As men of the priesthood, we have an essential role to play in society, at home, and in the Church. But we must be men that women can trust, that children can trust, and that God can trust.

Maybe there are some things we were put on this earth not to know.

A student is almost always feeling motivated to practice, if he leaves his lesson feeling capable

I know everything except myself.

The only thing of value we can give kids is what we are, not what we have.

When you find you don't like a character, you just type four letters and he's dead.

Only one human being recognized as one's neighbour is necessary in order to cure a man of self-love