#God

"Never pity missionaries; envy them. They are where the real action is -- where life and death, sin and grace, Heaven and Hell converge."

"God isn't the son of Memory; He's the son of Immediate Experience. You can't worship a spirit in spirit, unless you do it now. Wallowing in the past may be good literature. As wisdom, it's hopeless. Time Regained is Paradise Lost, and Time Lost is Paradise Regained. Let the dead bury their dead. If you want to live at every moment as it presents itself, you've got to die to every other moment."

"Jonesing [10w] Is it odd of me that I'm Jonsesing for strange?"

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

"Oppressor vs. Oppressed [10w] Love somtimes disintegrates into becoming the oppressor or the oppressed."

"Star No matter how bright the star, it's just part of a galaxy which is part of a constellation which is part of the night skywhich is part of the known universewhich is a speck of dust in God's eye."

"Dressed to Kill [10w] At fashionable parties,vegetarians should not be dressed to kill."

"Angels had fallen, men have sinned.It does not mean that God has failed."

"The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart."

"Who, Me? We marry nearly the same person over and over again,hoping next time they'll get it right."

"The Poet's Limitless Imagination [10w] The stringy shit from my goldfish turns him into a kite."

"The greatest knowledge is to know thy Creator and thy soul."

"Indiscernible Love [10w] True love's so effortless, others can hardly see it's happening."

"Ars Poetica: Write Poetry on a Black Slate Poetry should be written on a black slate of imagination,the poet artfully allowing images to emerge from the dark."

"I've always had a sick sense of humor, and I've always wanted that to permeate the music because I don't take myself seriously. I take the music seriously, but I know I'm not God's gift to anyone except my mom."

"Russian, Umerzhurnalistka Someone who too many questions for his own good. Literally, 'Dead journalist'."

"I'm Not Talking About Fruitcake [10w] The greatest gifts are the ones that can be regifted."

"Soulmate [10w] When you meet your soulmate,God's walked into the room."

"I always thought when I got older that God would sort of come into my life in some way. He didn't. I don't blame him. If I was him I'd have the same opinion about me that he does."

"Fugly Fishmates For every woman that looks like a hatchet-faced haddockthere's an equally ugly flounder-faced man with even fewer prospects."