"But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know."

“Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him.”

“Getting lost in her loving is your first mistake.”

“I find it a great antidote lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.”

“That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.”

Source : "In ‘Salvage the Bones,’ Jesmyn Ward Tells Personal Story of Hurricane Katrina". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. August 26, 2011.

“How is it possible for one’s heart to be certain that one is going to meet Allah, that Allah sees and hears all that he does, and knows his secret open affairs, and that he will be made to stand before Allah, answerable for all his deeds - how can one be certain and aware of all of this, and yet persist upon things which displease Allah; persist upon abandoning Allah’s orders, neglecting His rights, and yet claim that he has good expectation of Allah?”

“Clean energy is good for the environment, good for national security, and good for thousands of Americans who desire a rewarding career.”

Source : "Electric Current Events: Middle East Revolutions and the Need to Revolutionize American Clean Energy" by Rep. John Garamendi, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2011.

“I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end.”

“No,' Ben says, 'but I believe it. I believe it for you. And that's why it's hope.”