But her brain was not interested in the future. Loaded with the past and hungry for more, it left her no room to imagine, let alone plan for, the next day.

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.

Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.

Shallow believers prefer a shallow God.

...the change was adjustment without improvement.