Overpowering quotes

  • Clothing is . . . an exercise in memory. It makes me explore the past: how did I feel when I wore that. They are like signposts in the search for the past.

  • Poetry is the morning dream of great minds.

  • It is the tale, not he who tells it.

  • And here is one choice that our Father wants us to understand as Christians – and I believe this is the choice of our age: Do we want to be brave or safe?  Gently, lovingly, our heavenly Father wants us to know that we simply can’t be both.

  • I am a complete, mature, self-sufficient being.

  • I'm in the woods so much I can tell you which plants are edible.

  • The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity as possible. It is to adore him.

  • My friends are trying to get me to go out on blind dates. Big 'NO' to that because all my friends are a bunch of lying geeks. They're always like, 'Brian, you're really gonna dig this girl. She's got Traci Lords' eyes, Michelle Pfeiffer's nose, Kim Basinger's lips.' Yeah, they always forget to tell me she's also got Charlie Brown's head.

  • To grow mature is to separate more distinctly, to connect more closely.

  • I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball.