An individual's perception is their reality colored in the shades they desire--not necessarily the color that it is.

Just when you think you have it all figured out, an epiphany arrives at the higher level of one's consciousness.

life weighs heavy upon my shoulders and patience starts wearing thin, it is divine hope and dreams which sustain me, pushing me forth against the wind.

It’s easy to get caught up in where the world is going and lose sight of the direction we were headed.

Wednesday had come and gone in a single breath. As I dreamt of divine love, Picasso, and a vast field of gold, a new dawn had already begun.

She refused to know love again. The thought of another heartbreak was far too much for her to bear.

Carry out your literary dream, no matter how unlikely it may seem...

In art, music, and writing, if it's not of the heart, it means nothing.

Even the shortest love story reminds me of how much I love you.

A person who loves you through your idiosyncrasies, despite the tiny inclusions, is a diamond worth keeping.

Only the broken beyond repair could know my anguish.

You can't live without failing at something, unless you love so cautiously you might as well have nit lived at all, in which case, you fail be default.

Part of the terrible irony of war is that it enlists the best in human nature for purposes of mutual destruction.

Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.

It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.

Never let shyness conquer your mind.

I'm unqualified for anything else. I'm barely qualified for this.

Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast.

I don't even want you to nod, that's how much you annoy me. Just freeze and shut up.

There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can.

My true relationship is with myself - all others are simply mirrors of it.