There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt for it. Sell out to get it. Don't listen to the whines of those who have settled for a second-rate life and want you to do the same so they won't feel guilty. Your goal is not to live long; it's to live.

People of each generation in the twentieth century "were three times more likely to experience depression" than people of the preceding generation.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

God crowns us. Most people crown their Christmas trees with either an angel or a star. God uses both.

Revenge is the raging fire that consumes the arsonist.

I was never really lead by [my parents] and didnt sense any leading from the Lord to go into writing.

To live as God's child is to know that you are loved by your Maker not because you try to please him and succeed, or fail to please him and apologize, but because he wants to be your Father. Nothing more.