“One way at a time I'll try to lend these broken hands of mine give my strength, be my light.”

“Well, God knows you're barely standing but you've got to carry this heavy load.”

“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”

“As Blake wrote in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”

“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”

“Try not to worry, for time is a great healer.' Such words were futile.”

“The holes in my shoes and the holes in my jeans make me whole!”

“You will write about that... you will write this and this and this... you gonna do that and that......Promises and promises... leaks in the holes!”