...people called it justice, but prison doesn't make everything better, " he observes. "Just because someone pays a price doesn't mean they didn't steal from you to begin with.

A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

There's a fine line between writing the poem and the poem writing itself. You have to be there and not be there, too.

He felt the hot impact of bullets. He heard the sound of chopping meat. He thought 'is that me?' . . . and then he opened his eyes.

it sucks to get old...but there's always beer

I would not despair unless I knew the irrevocable decree was passed; saw my misfortune recorded in the book of fate, and signed and sealed by neces-sity.

So many Christians seek to live the pain-free Christian life. Such a life has no impact.

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.

Let lovers be crazy, disgraceful and wild Those who fret about such things Aren’t in love.

I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.

Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.