The only wrong thing, perhaps, is permanently hesitating on the verge of courage.
I'll write this all down for you," I said. "I'll put it in a story." I don't know if that's what he wanted to ask me, but it's something everybody wants--for someone to see the hurt done to them and set it down like it matters.
To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.
The world depends upon the small beating in your heart.
If you aren't giving people something to talk about, you've become too dull.
If someone should ask me, 'What does the soul do?' I would say, It does two things. It loves. And it creates. Those are its primary acts.