A clear division between good and evil, right and wrong, would simplify everything, but life was rarely simple.

Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter.

Happiness is a choice.

He tipped her head up. "Don't give up. Don't leave me before you're even here.

you are my life now. this"_he waved a hand dismissively around him at the club-"the fey, everything, it all falls into place once you accept me" -kennan

Chase away sorrow by living

He looked good, like sin in a suit.

We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.

Choose to be happy. It is what we have all done.

I'd stop anyone from taking that smile from you. I would, if I were allowed.

Mortals are such fragile things. Just tender feelings walking around exposed in their delicate shells...Easy to crush.

Thinking is a Mind driven activity which leads you astray

O Mary, you give assistance to everyone endeavoring to rise to God!

People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.

the lonliest sound in the world is other people making love.

If you must use your hands, use them with all the strength you possess... If you choose to strike, by all means strike hard.

I sing in the car if I'm in LA, because you're like soundproofed.

When I broke my knee, no one cared how I was; they just wanted me to get better and come back to gymnastics to win more medals for their country.

I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write.

There's so much stuff being written! Every year, how many books come out? I can't keep up, and I read a lot. It's amazing.