"The proud man hath no God; the envious man hath no neighbor; the angry man hath not himself."

“Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.”

“Every time we look at the cross Christ seems to say to us, 'I am here because of you. It is your sin I am bearing, your curse I am suffering, your debt I am paying, your death I am dying.' Nothing in history or in the universe cuts us down to size like the cross.”

Source : John Stott (2014). “The Message of Galatians”, p.63, InterVarsity Press

“There are situations which cannot honorably be met by art.”

Source : George Oppen (2008). “Selected Prose, Daybooks, and Papers”, p.36, Univ of California Press

“Drinking beer with friends is perhaps the most underestimated of all Reformation insights and essential to ongoing reform; and wasting time with a choice friend or two on a regular basis might be the best investment of time you ever make.”

“There are photographic fanatics, just as there are religious fanatics. They buy a so-called candid camera there is no such thing: it’s the photographer who has to be candid, not the camera.”

Source : Weegee (2013). “Weegee: The Autobiography (Annotated)”, p.138, BookBaby

“We are here for what amounts to a few/hours,/a day at most./We feel around making sense of the terrain,/our own new limbs,/Bumping up against a herd of bodies/until one becomes home./Moments sweep past. The grass bends/then learns again to stand.”

“Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children.”

“When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it's just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to.”