Jewel Quotes

My life is nothing more than bad timing separated by unimaginable moments of tragedy. I'd reconciled my pain with the promise of revenge ... until her.

Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.

I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don't outrun pain.

Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.

Family is not a career. It’s why you have a career. If you can’t be there for the big moments, then why are you doing it?

You have to know what you want to ever be able to have it.

My hands are small, I knowBut they're not yours, they are my ownBut they're not yours, they are my ownAnd I am never broken

The only thing worse than living with regret, is dying with regret.

This is the best worst time of my life.

Words can be said easily, but one can't fake actions.

One must do the outrageous with style. With élan. With complete conviction.

All beings desire pleasure, a surcease of need or want, and there is no shame in that.

I felt significantly insignificant, as if my presence in the world, albeit small, was still necessary.

Give me your past, all your pain, all your anger, all your guilt. Release it to me, and I will be a safe harbor for the life you need to leave behind.

My heart beats for you and the most precious and beautifully fated life we share together.

It’s amazing how many different roads we can take, but they all lead home.

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose.

What do you do?" I ask. "I live.""I live" is not an answer, until I think about it. Maybe it's the perfect answer.

There were never enough stars in the sky to count how many times a day he fell in love with her.

Talking on a landline with no interruptions used to be an everyday thing. Now it's exotic

True cynics kill themselves. The rest are posers, trying to use clever sarcasm and snarky remarks to hide insecurity and the fear that if they put themselves out there, they will fail.

Her smile hollowed out his chest. She’d changed since last he saw her. She was brighter. More vibrant. Happiness suited her.

She had a good, strong voice. She smiled with her voice, too. This, he thought, was the magic that had drawn him to her.

Her gaze collided with the duke’s. His eyes were a clear, pale green. Why was he staring so intently when there was hardly another woman less interesting than she?

You are walking to Hope Springs?” “Yes, Your Grace.” “In this weather?” She glanced around and gave him a smile. “I haven’t any other weather to walk in.

She laughed, and the duke might actually have smiled, though one could never be certain.

He remounted. “I will ride with you.” With some effort, he gentled his voice. “If that would be agreeable to you.” “How kind of you. Thank you.

She laughed, and the sound pierced his heart.

You don’t have to be perfect to have the perfect life.

Because, good God, Lily Wellstone had the face of an angel, the body of a goddess, and the spirit of the devil glinting from her eyes. She was a woman worth losing his soul for.

It were for me To throw my sceptre at the injurious gods

So be satisfied and quiet, be contented with your contentment. I lack certain things that others have, but blessed be God, I have a contented heart which others have not.

So you write to our congressmenWith bleeding pensOf the sorrow withinAnd in return they just sendTickets to the latest Tom Hanks show

Please let there be another life. I need a real taste of forever with you. This ... this isn't long enough.

This is how The Jewel operates. Status is our sole occupation. Gossip is our currency.

I think family mealtime is really important. There's a lot of research that shows kids are going to do better in school and have more self-esteem if you can all sit down and eat together.

But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue for ever, and never have an end.

I think when kids just see well-crafted poetry, it's just obtuse to them. It's hard to relate to.

I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry, '