“Out of these ashes beauty will rise.”

“What I see is tellin me this world's gone crazy, but, What is real says God's still on His throne, What I need is to remember one thing, that the Lord of the gentle breeze is Lord of the rough and tumble, and he is the King of the jungle.”

“All books are escapism. They are life with the boring bits cut out.”

“Slavery is at the heart of dysfunctional families. When people serve others because they are forced to do so, freedom to truly serve is lost. Slavery hardens the heart, creates anger, bitterness and resentment. On the other hand, true love often finds its expression in acts of serve. It is service freely given, not out of fear but out of choice. It comes out of personal discovery that "it is more blessed to give than to receive”

“Out where the world is in the making,Where fewer hearts in despair are aching, That’s where the West begins”

“Something in our nature cries out to be loved by another. Isolation is devastating to the human psyche. That is why solitary confinement is considered the cruelest of punishments.”

“I do not understand," said Pepe, "why humans use that term as one of denigration, when a bitch is one of the most beautiful things on earth.”