We cannot enslave others without enslaving a part of ourselves.
The truest indication of gratitude is to return what you are grateful for.
Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.
The reason we start things is rarely the reason we continue them.
I am a believer in angels, though not the picture-book kind with wings and harps. Such angelic accoutrements seem as nonsensical to me as devils sporting horns and carrying pitchforks. To me, angel wings are merely symbolic of their role as divine messengers.
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.