“You’ll know what to say when the time comes. That’s the art, eh? What to say, and when to say it. And the rest is silence.”

“Father says it will come in time. “Time heals,” he says.
I don’t tell him that I don’t know what time is.”

“Almost any interesting work of art comes close to saying the opposite of what it really says.”

“And I want to be there when you're coming down / And I want to be there when you hit the ground
Don't go away / Say what you say / Say that you'll stay… because I need more time just to make things right
Damn my education / I can't find the words to say
Me and you, what's going on?/All we seem to know/Is how to show, the feelings that are wrong”

“When a woman who has much to say says nothing, her silence can be deafening.”

“Do you know what good art is? It is saying "ta" to God.”

“When you have something to say, silence is a lie.”

“When Silence speaks for Love she has much to say.”

“When I get asked the question, "When did you know you wanted to be a priest?," many times I say "This morning." Every day you have to wake up and say, “God, what are you calling me to do today?” The layers of lived experience is what brings us to an appreciation for what we’re called to do in that moment.”

“But people like to say, Oh, it's in the blood. But art comes from nowhere. It comes from a vague, scary place. It's scary because you don't know when it's coming or if it will ever come again. It's this Other.”