You're going to have things to repent, boy, ' Mr. John had told Nick. 'That's one of the best things there is. You can always decide whether to repent them or not. But the thing is to have them.

Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.

Education is the true gift of love that can eradicate the poverty of a nation.

The relationship between a perfect cup of coffee and a writer is just like the couple who always standby and feel proud of being committed to each other.

You are too blessed to be worrying about your imperfections. Your original self is perfect in God's eyes, and His opinions will always matter the most.

I've established a certain voice over my albums. It can be an obstacle, but in the end, I think it's a strength, because I can build upon that voice, which is ultimately very much mine.

If only we could live two lives: the first in which to make one's mistakes, and the second in which to profit by them.

I know what my heart is like Since your love died: It is like a hollow ledge Holding a little pool Left there by the tide, A little tepid pool, Drying inward from the edge.

The insurance industry communicates through codes and check-off boxes. If there's no check-off box for you, you don't exist.

Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England".

I grew up hard. I picked cotton and plowed with the mule and fixed the cars and played with the guitar and the piano.

I have always tried to avoid regrets. Could I have done differently some things in my career? Maybe.