I am deeply discouraged by Catholic Bishops who say Catholics cannot support same sex marriage in our secular culture.
Evil is always possible. Goodness is a difficulty.
The world doesn’t need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.
Anger is too pathetic. Anger is as weak as fear.
It is very disturbing to see people use Christianity and the Bible to support a certain political agenda, especially when one cannot connect that agenda with the authentic teachings of Christ.
The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then have a catharsis. Those were the best principles I was ever taught.
The highest truths a person could discover were rooted in the natural world.
I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.
People write to me all the time to tell me that “homosexuality is an abomination.” They base this on a quote in Leviticus. I think the Bible has proved to be a very mysterious and dangerous document.
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
I stumble through a carnival of horrors.
Motivated employees are crucial to a company’s success.
I am certain a great many believers and bible readers do believe in social justice.
Oh Lestat, you deserved everything that’s ever happened to you. You better not die. You might actually go to hell.
Believe in angels? Then believe in vampires. Believe in me. There are worse things on earth.
Words. Borne on the ever swelling current of hatred, like flowers opening in the current, petals peeling back, then falling apart.
Don’t be a fool for the Devil, darling.
I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.
The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.
I believe in the Biblical documents supporting Jesus. But I have no illusions about them. I think they contain many flaws, scribal errors, and so forth and they are only partial or fragmentary.