Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.

...the human spirit knows, deep down that all lives intersect.

It's the thinking that gets you killed.

To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.

Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale...Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition.

For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.

You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart.