the material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!

As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.

I will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death.

But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.

Because if you weren't born white, you were forced to see differences; or if you weren't born what they called normal, or if you got injured, then you were left to explore the world of the different.

But sometimes what we call 'memory' and what we call 'imagination' are not so easily distinguished.

the ancient people perceived the world and themselves within that world as part of an ancient continuous story composed of innumerable bundles of other stories.

What is it about us human beings that we can’t let go of lost things?

You don't have anything if you don't have the stories.

Writing cant change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

Anybody can act violently - there is nothing to it; but not every person is able to destroy his enemy with words.

Sugar, it's no parade but you'll get down the street one way or another, so you'd just as well throw your shoulders back and pick up the pace.

Life is a series of events and sensations. Everything else is interpretation. Much is lost in transition - and added in assumption / projection

Those who don't learn to fight worry, die young.

But Barack Obama is not a person who would defend the rights and heritage of the European-American people.

And you treat me wonderfully and keep all your promises.

There are enough doctors on the planet so that nobody has to die for lack of attendance.

I'm massively talented, and very, very beautiful in person; the public don't really realise that.

I don't think Edward Snowden deserves a death penalty or life in prison. I think that's inappropriate. I think that's why he fled, [because] that is what he faced.

Cut the attacker down, to cut them down to their very soul