i used to thinki was brokenbecausei never oncespent mydaydreamsplucking swollen pomegranatesfrom someone else's tree.- then i learned that society is broken, not me.

my boy? he is evenbetter than books. -fiction has nothing on you.

the only thing required to be a woman is to identifyas one.- period, end of story.

if youdon't want toend up insomeone else'spoem, then maybeyou shouldstarttreatingpeoplebetterfor achange.- an unapologetic poet.

My boy?he is evenbetter than books.-fiction has nothing on you.

be waryof the boys whoonly ever tellhalf-thruthsbecause theywill only ever be half in lovewith you-slay those dragons

ilet myselfknowthat my lifedoesn'thave to be overjust becausetheirs are& i wentahead& paintedthe sunback into my sky.I am allowed to live my life.

it is strangehowsisterscanbesaviorsorstrangers& sometimesa bit of both.

it tooklosing himto finally findmyself.It tooklosing hima second timeto be sureof myself.thatwas myfirst actofself-love.

fiction:the oceani diveheadfirstintowhen icanno longerbreathe in re

all of the oceans& galaxiesdid notconspire together tocreate mejust so i couldreproduce for you.-Startling Fact #1

Bear it in mind that people who do not take actions are not and cannot be leaders. Leadership is action.

You would not believe what skill, power and ability your total intelligence possesses until you are in desperate need.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

There are war-torn countries, people full of poverty, who still voted, 60, 70 percent. If here in the United States of America, we voted at 60 percent, 70 percent, it would transform our politics.

Athletes become our heroes, because they're superhuman. They do things nobody else can do. They're better than 6 billion other people.

Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.

I really wouldn't classify the books as mysteries. I prefer to say that they're adventures.

They think that I was like Amy Grant, when actually no! The label went bankrupt and maybe sold a couple hundred records and that's about it. I was just trying different things.

In my day artists wanted to be outcasts, pariahs. Now they are all integrated into society

But then, that's the beauty of writing stories-each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you find that reason and that shape, there's no feeling like it.