Writing is a constant exercise in longing.
If you don't kill yourself right away when something terrible happens. . . if you go on living, you become a different person.
Poverty made me feel weak, as if I were coming down with an awful, debilitating, communicable disease - the disease of being without money. Instead of going to the hospital, you went to the poor farm. The difference was, you never got well at the poor farm.
Not everything in church is truth. . . And not all truth turns up in church.
Sometimes the best things in life are unexpected.
Some people say that suicide is a sin, but I have never believed that. I say it's God's way of calling certain folks home early. It's much nicer than an awful accident, where the rest of us are left wondering if the person really wanted to go.
Better to fail at what you love than succeed at what you hate. People have strange ideas about success. . . too much to do with money, not enough to do with joy.
I may not be perfect, but i'm always me
The camera can be the most deadly weapon since the assassin's bullet. Or it can be the lotion of the heart.
The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.
I've fired my last shot. I think I should have another round in my belt.