A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

It’s a heck of a responsibility to look after a spirit. So give kids the best of who you are. That’s the most you can ever do.

When you are positive you are the enabling force of possibility.

People in high school either feel like they're with the cool kids in a clique, or they're isolated - there's no in-between.

I have three kids. I was blessed with very supportive parents and some close friends, and the people closest to me are my inspiration.

They call them fools, who are unable to resist the slightest chance love might exist.

Surround yourself with people who do what you want to do, and eventually you’ll wake up to find yourself doing the same.

I embrace each moment as an opportunity for a miracle.

The world makes way for the man with an idea.

Hatred is blind, as well as love.

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.