You, me, & your papa are 3 of the tiny percentage of souls on this miserable earth who've figured out that playing ball is the highest purpose God ever invented the human male body for.

The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

Music is just a word for something we love largely because it consists of things that words can't express. Likewise, the heart is just a word for something in us that music sometimes touches.

... the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

I never just dreamed of success, I worked for it. Dreaming is good, but working is what gets you results.

She who is even once unjust can not complain if the like is expected of her again.

I'm not the type of person who goes through all this effort for a movie, and then doesn't care if anybody sees it. I want them to see it, and I want them to see it on the big screen.

To see the outside world as the same stuff as our most secret or unknown thoughts is a fine necessity.

An organization must always remember that its objective is not getting people to listen to speeches by experts, but getting them to speak for themselves.

I have never seen a person grow or change in a self - constructive meaningful way when motivated by guilt, shame, or self hate.

The music dictates to me which instrument I use. I'm basically waiting for orders as it were.

If you're going to war over religion, now you're just getting into a fight over who has the better imaginary friend.

Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.

We dream our dreams, and sometimes they take us to places we never anticipate. But they are our dreams, and we go where they lead.