"We don't learn to love each other well in the easy moments. Anyone is good company at a cocktail party. But love is born when we misunderstand one another and make it right, when we cry in the kitchen, when we show up uninvited with magazines and granola bars, in an effort to say, I love you."

“Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why.”

Source : William Stafford (2014). “Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems of William Stafford”, p.34, Macmillan

“I will steal your dreams tonight. Dark”

“I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.”

“I can't relate to these haters, my enemies never made it.”

“Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.”

Source : "Brown Accused of 'Ruthlessness'". news.bbc.co.uk. March 20, 2007.

“Love supposes, is, and does many things, but basically it is practiced in the act of sharing.”

“Relationships are hard regardless! But I think they feed the artist: relationships, children, life, family - it all feeds the artist. Loss. Joy. Sacrifice.”

Source : Interview with Liane Balaban, logger.believermag.com. February 13, 2013.

“What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.”