And the most dangerous place on earth— Is where you’re safe.
But I had been in love pretty often and I didn't think it stood the wear and tear.
Dead news like dead love has no phoenix in its ashes.
The dangerous thing about hate is that it seems so reasonable.
Isn't the fear of pain next brother to pain itself?
One's palate is reborn every morning!
if death becomes cheap it is the watcher, not the dying, who is poisoned.
I did take the blows [of life], but I took them with my chin up, in dignity, because I so profoundly love and respect humanity.
Somewhere in the midst of smudgy maps, following waters, surviving the storms, & deep, deep digging. . treasure is found.
I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do---the actual act of writing---turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward.
He that overcometh shall inherit all things. God has no poor children.