You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Some men just want to watch the world burn.

What makes a man's 80 year-old Irish uncle skip like a little boy? "Me Father is very fond of me!

Don’t throw away God’s plan for you just to chase a dream of your own making.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

My mom can still slap me silly and my dad still threatens to ground me.

The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper thoughts about their neighbors.

Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan--that is the rule.

one reason why I like writing poetry - you can say so many things in it that are true in poetry but wouldn't be true in prose.

After 60, its just patch, patch, patch

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup-they all die. So do we.

Disharmony that comes from circumstances that are valid has tension, poignancy, quality, and beauty.