“So much of the theatrical can leave you with a yearning for the real. The real is suddenly and starkly there right at the citys edge and extends for thousands of square miles of desert and mountain...”

“I bought salvation from a man on the street. He said, "Go down to the beach and let the waves wash your feet.”

“We all have those things that help us carry on through life. It is important that these things upon which we depend for daily strength are healthy for our character rather than harmful. We must ask...”

“God made you for His pleasure. And He made you intrinsically needy and dependent on His unspeakable joy. If you are struggling with sin our addiction, dont try to kill your appetite for pleasure. I...”

“Connection is health. And what our society does its best to disguise from us is how ordinary, how commonly attainable, health is. We lose our health - and create profitable diseases and dependences...”

“As the connections have been broken by the fragmentation and isolation of work, they can be restored by restoring the wholeness of work. There is work that is isolating, harsh, destructive, special...”

“Soul connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to keep.”

“Maybe the difference between first marriage and second marriage is that the second time at least you know you are gambling.”

“If your brother can't 'old 'is own against a bunch of orphans, 'e'd best leave off playing 'azard altogether!”

“There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do.”