The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

You know what? Lets go. I shot Aiden a defiant look. Come on Seth. Let's go continue our lovers' quarrel.Yes my love, that sounds fantastic. Don't forget to grab a dagger so you can poke my eyeballs o...

Still, somewhere in the depths of ourselves we all harbor an ashamed, unsatisfied melancholy that quietly awaits a funeral.

I can't bear the thought that a man of lofty mind and heart begins with the ideal of the Madonna and ends with the ideal of Sodom.

Perfectionism is the unparalleled defense for emotionally abandoned children. The existential unattainability of perfection saves the child from giving up, unless or until, scant success forces him to...

Some tragic mistakes are often made by those who acquire the reins of control before their maturity is adequate to handle it.

In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.

On top of the abuse and neglect, denial heaps more hurt upon the child by requiring the child to alienate herself from reality and her own experience. In troubled families, abuse and neglect are permi...

Saving money won't get us rich. You have to spend it to get it.

When you are close to Christ, you are enclosed in liberty. You can never be intimidated by man if you are intimate with Christ.

In the midst of battle, you need something versatile to keep your focus

They may take you for a fool, promise to shower you with the world, use their canny devastating tongue to manipulate and dominate your mind, but its better to put them bulshit people at arms length ra...

No policeman had ever arrested anyone for over-reading; but ignorance prosecutes those who under-read. You begin to stop growing on the day you stop learning, so why not keep learning and keep growing...

Burning bridges behind you is understandable. It's the bridges before us that we burn, not realizing we may need to cross, that brings regret.

When there is silence, Give your voice. When there is darkness, Shine your light. When there is desperation, Offer hope.

When you start to question you are part of the problem.

For the first time in my life I began to realize that it is not evil and brutality, but nearly always weakness, that is to blame for the worst things that happen in this world.

When you are suffering from sexual starvation, a spank or even a hug seems like a porn scene.

I wait, you play. You speak, I cave. I promise, you break. You game me, daily, you play me.

There comes a time in your life when you can no longer put off choosing. You have to choose one path or the other. You can live safe and be protected by people just like you, or you can stand up and b...