“t may not be the life you imagined, but it’s your life. You came here for a reason. Is it time for you to go and begin again?”

“There’s a drive in a lost soul—in one that is searching for acceptance, companionship, belonging, whatever you want to call it. The slightest coincidence ignites a spark that one hopes will lead to...”

“Cause and effect are rarely directly related. Justice has a mind of her own.”

“You earn brotherhood—the purest friendship, trust, love, whatever you want to call it—moment by moment through how you treat others.”

“Silence has built walls, walls that I attempt to break by pedaling faster, only to be imprisoned a hundred feet down the road.”

“I'm learning quickly, once you quit one thing, it gets easier and easier just to leave situations rather than deal with shit.”

“Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging...”

“She didn't belong anywhere and she never really belonged to anyone. And everyone else belonged somewhere and to someone. People thought she was too wonderful. But she only wanted to belong to someo...”

“Society, as we have constituted it, will have no place for me, has none to offer; but Nature, whose sweet rains fall on unjust and just alike, will have clefts in the rocks where I may hide, and se...”

“I am a person before I am anything else. I never say I am a writer. I never say I am an artist...I am a person who does those things.”

“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.”

“The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but act...”

“You are a message to the world make sure it is motivating.”

“If you want to give a message to the world, let it be simple, as simple as the life of a shepherd!”

“We need a shift in our message and in our pulpit”