Violence was just as much about WHAT was happening as it was how it happened.

I couldn't speak well. I went to speech therapy for 10 years. And I was sort of frustrated in that sense.

We all think we're different, but when it comes around, we end up needing the same things. Somebody to love us. Somebody to respect us.

You cannot live this life anymore without the ability to read.

As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.

I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.

Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it is a rain so sweet and sings A song my soul insists That I follow, if I would exist As more than I have ever, ever been If my mother calls it evil, then I embrace the sin