A best friend is someone that will stand in your storm and tell you the lightening is beautiful just to make you realize that your heart was worth getting soaked.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

Many today view love and doctrine as enemies, or at best as rivals.

What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.

Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper

If you can't look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.

Writing is like paying myself a formal visit.

Zen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings.

The very purpose of life is to reach the highest possible flowering.

I think maybe I know why,' she finally said. 'Why?' 'Maybe all the strings inside him broke,' she said.

It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.

It is important to have friends we can trust. But it is essential to trust the Lord, who never lets us down.