“Don't rein in yourself 'cause it's raining reigning time.”

“He can transform the incapability in you to do what the capables, even together, cannot do.”

“Your tongue, His name.”

“Your mind is the doorkeeper of your soul and heart the king. It's unwise to let the doorkeeper control the king.”

“Your spiritual brain is wisdom.”

“Before knowledge comes understanding, before understanding comes wisdom.”

“Protesters are still on the fringes like satellites, revolving around the system. But prophets and poets lead us into a new world, beyond simply yelling at the old one.”

“Why do I write? Out of fear. Out of fear that the memory of the people I write about might go lost. Out of fear that the memory of myself might get lost. Or even just to be shielded by a story, to ...”

“They say that it is always poets that die in wars, and I never got over a sense of being in the trenches.”