No one shall deny me my own conclusions, nor my cat her reflective purr.
Melancholy is no bad thing.
I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.
Takes more than combat boots to make a man.
I think the labyrinth is an interesting metaphor for our lives as musicians. We're always being drawn toward the center of it because that's where the mystery is. What is music? It's a journey.
Security in human systems we're told will always, always last. Emotions are the sail, and blind faith is the mast. Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast.
I'm very much afraid of being mad - that's my one fear.
I don't like writing as an expert. I like writing as an amateur. I like writing as an idiot. It's much more fun to start in ignorance.
remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.
I have been trying to lose weight for the last two-three months and it has gone really well. In the last 6-12 months I have been in the best form in quite a while.
I want to be a more serious-minded Christian, more detached from this world, more ready for heaven than I have ever been in my whole life. I want an ear that is sharp to know the voice of the enemy, whether it comes from religion, politics, or philosophy. . . I would rather stand and have everybody my enemy than to go along with the crowd to destruction. Do you feel that way?