there isn't shame in having shadows - we all have them to varying degrees. it's simply a part of being human

to judge darkness as bad or wrong is akin to judging whether up is better than down, or whether blue is better than red

You are the dreamBut I’ve had wake up calls

Dear Teenage Self, That guy you're crazy about, Will ask you out On a dateIn about ten years, so don't fretYou'll get there yet.But fate is cruelOn that day, That feeling will have gone away.

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

I try to write parts for women that are as complicated and interesting as women actually are.

As we meditate regularly, we let go of the conditioned beliefs and accumulated physical and mental toxicity that cloud our perception of our essential, unbounded nature.

I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than to teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.

Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write.

I have always had, as I know many people have, a singular passion for Australia. I do love the sunburnt country, its ancient landscapes, its exhilarating reaches of sand and sea.

We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.

The biblical picture is not one of an upward, linear progress or a precipitous, downward decline. It is a more complicated picture of a fallen world in which there is a gospel of power.