"If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue."

“We have to try to keep ourselves open, no matter how closed the world tries to make us sometimes. We are meant to go through this life with a partner, someone who picks us up when we're down. This life can be incredibly difficult, especially if we're alone. And if we can stay open and embrace our insecurities, our vulnerability, only then will we find the person with whom we are meant to travel through this life.”

Source : "Joshua Radin, Singer-Songwriter: So Much To Say, So Much To Love". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“There is no country that has the best men.”

“If you're losing a tug of war with a tiger, give it the rope. You can always buy a new one.”

“God's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.”

“Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.”

“The world is wrong. You can't put the past behind you. It's buried in you; it's turned your flesh into its own cupboard. Not everything remembered is useful but it all comes from the world to be stored in you. Who did what to whom on which day? Who said that? She said what? What did he just do? Did she really say that? He said what? What did she do? Did I hear what I think I heard? Did that just come out of my mouth, his mouth, your mouth? Do you remember when you sighed?”

Source : "Citizen: An American Lyric". Book by Claudia Rankine, October 7, 2014.

“Moonflowers blossom in the sand hills before dawn, just as I followed him.”

“I'm just blessed that I was able to have guys around me that had some of the same goals. The man above gave me a gift and he gave me friends and a mentor that can help me reach my goal and reach my potential. And we all had the same goal, so it wasn't hard for us to get, you know, off track because we all wanted the same thing.”