"But did thee feel the earth move?"

"The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other."

"Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination."

"I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?"

"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars."

"He who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad."

"Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving."