things keep falling in and out of place.this is the universe's way of taking care of me.

the opening, the breaking, the falling apartis always so quick.the hurting, the healing, the putting back togetheris always too long.

i can't hold onto love.i'm not gentle enough.i always end upcrushing the thingin between my fingertips.

we get brave.we move.we believe.we keep going.

everything i know about loveis that it hurtsand is almost always never returnedthe way you want it to.but i have hopebecause i do not know everything.

you giver of light.you lover of love.you beautifulbeautifulhuman being you.

i am changingand i am loving change.

i am soft again.there is water and it surrounds me.there is feeling and i can feel it.i am awake and aliveand swollen and heavy with love.i am changingand i am loving change.

i am awake and aliveand swollen and heavywith love.

i feel everything.i do not know how to un-feeland to not feelis to stop the sun.

i took it off.i did not want to carry it with me anymore.

I find that...The bigger the ego.The bigger the mouth.The deeper the shallowness of a person.

Try to relax. Sometimes the best offense is a good defense.

After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.

This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.'

Every American has the right to feel safe in their schools, in their churches, in their movie theaters, and in their nightclubs.

A vacation should be just long enough that your boss misses you, and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

I'm gonna have nightmares about kids eating free.

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

Growing up, I realized that fame is not what you think it is. It's a little bizarre. You have to learn how to cope with that and figure out who you are.