“I go fishing in my mind. I put out bait, the bait of my own longing, my desire, and my hunger for connection, for a tug of something alive at the end of a line. Something that I may have to struggl...”

“Writing and prayer are both a form of love, and love takes courage.”

“Surprise is a major factor in distinguishing an answer to prayer from a projection of my own mental processes. When I cant believe I made up the answer myself, I have to look around to see where it...”

“Jesus said, But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.”

“If we can't forget, how can we forgive? I believe that forgiving can't be done by willpower alone. I can will myself to write out my own memories and feelings. I can will myself to imagine onto the...”

“It occurred to me that when I begin to write, I open myself and wait. And when I turn toward an inner spiritual awareness, I open myself and wait.”

“Before you reprimand or condemn people on a particular act, make sure you have worked on yourself overtime such that you can't be found guilty of such act; if not you will be a victim of your own l...”

“Do what is right, not what is easy nor what is popular.”

“Dont turn your face away. Once youve seen, you can no longer act like you dont know.Open your eyes to the truth. Its all around you.Dont deny what the eyes to your soul have revealed to you.Now tha...”

“When we touch the place in our lives where sexuality and spirituality come together, we touch our wholeness and the fullness of our power, and at the same time our connection with a power larger th...”

“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.”

“This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize love isn't about sex. It's about connection.”

“The moment workers can afford too little they rebel. The last time this was a real danger was 1950. Communists took advantage of supply problems and stirred up gullible people against their very ow...”

“Self-hatred is the best vehicle for making people do as theyre told because they are hungry to get approval.”

“She kept up her compliments, and I kept up my determination to deserve them or die.”