An annuity is a very serious business.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Character is contagious.

I read the three Hunger Games books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote Just a Game.

All survival situations revolve around a host of variables...Always adapt, think positive, and move forward.

If there's any such thing as a perfect man, I think John Coltrane was one. And I think that kind of perfection has to come from a greater force than there is here on earth.

No life, if it is properly realized, is without cosmic importance.

In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

Have unconditional love to your children no matter what happens. Give them time even in the midst of this busy life - be one on one with them.

It's now or never I ain't gonna live forever I just wanna live while I'm alive It's my life

Because Jesus Christ is a man, He feels what we feel. Because He is God, He can do something about it.