A person does not belong to a place until there is someone dead under the ground.

A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.

What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.

I have learned that a man has the right and obligation to look down at another man, only when that man needs help to get up from the ground.

No matter what, nobody can take away the dances you've already had.

Tell him yes. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no.

Life is not what one lived, but what One remembers and how One remembers it in order to recount it

The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.

Don't struggle so much, the best things happen when not expected.

If you love something - let. If it is yours - it will come back. I love you not because of who you are, but for who I am when I'm with you.

On a mental level, kindness and compassion give rise to lasting joy.

At least there is one book with which we all or few of us could have fun.

Whether it be training, dieting, working out, or work ethic, for every great excuse "Not" to do something, there are 100 "better" reasons for you to do it.

Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream, Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd; The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode.

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise.

Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

Unfortunately, diplomacy was a dance I needed to learn.

I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight.

It's absurd to accuse Serbia and the Serbs for the armed secession of Croatia,.

Whoever I'm with, that's the person I'm with. That's the way I'm wired.