“A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.”

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person.

Her old thoughts were going to come in handy now, but new words would have to be made and said to fit them.

It was not death she feared. It was misunderstanding.

Mystery is the essence of divinity

I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.

Oh to be a pear tree – any tree in bloom! With kissing bees singing of the beginning of the world!

No, I do not weep at the world. I’m too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.

Half Gods are worshipped with wine and Flowers. Real Gods require Blood.

My sense of humor will always stand in the way of my seeing myself, my family, my race or my nation as the whole intent of the universe.

So her soul crawled out from its hiding place.

There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.

Look like she been livin’ through a hundred years in January without one day of spring.

They seemed to be staring at the dark, but their eyes were watching God.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

One finds great comfort in good dinners.

I’m a big believer that, in life, we can’t succeed in everything. Most times, we lose.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you’re up there bigger than life. People idolize you.

I do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.

I like death. I’m a big fan of it.

No matter how much you’re going to be criticized or no matter how big of a risk it is, the boldness is the thing that helps you.

My problem is that people get intimidated by someone big and beautiful like me. They hate to think I can be smart as well.

A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.

The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.