Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

You should persist long enough to conquer.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

By luck I mean, when opportunity meets preparation.

It's very difficult to stay angry when a room full of bald guys in orange robes start giggling. Buddhism.

Traveling is not a hindrance for me; it's something I actually enjoy.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

I know myself, and when you start to really know who you are, you don't question it when you read what someone says about you.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

The provisions we have made [for our government] are such as please ourselves; they answer the substantial purposes of government and of justice, and other purposes than these should not be answered.