I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want to try.

True freedom has more to do with following the North Star than going whichever way the wind blows. Sometimes it seems like freedom is blowing with the winds of the day, but that kind of freedom is really an illusion. It turns your boat in circles. Freedom is sailing toward your dreams.

Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human condition. Writers are either polluters or part of the cleanup.

Prayer is vastly superior to worry. With worry, we are helpless; with prayer, we are interceding. When I hear sad news, I try to say a prayer for the victims. When I am troubled, I will say a prayer that asks for relief for myself and for all those who suffer as I do. When I am concerned about my relatives or friends I say a short prayer to myself - "May they be happy and free of suffering."

The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve your country.

Adolescence is a border between childhood and adulthood. Like all borders, it's teeming with energy and fraught with danger.

we are a small, interconnected world; that we are all safe or none of us are; that we are all well cared for or all at risk.