And of course the word love has many shades of meaning, as do many, many of the words in our living, breathing language

A sunrise or sunset can be ablaze with brilliance and arouse all the passion, all the yearning, in the soul of the beholder.

Every moment is a moment of decision, and every moment turns us inexorably in the direction of the rest of our lives.

There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.

Nothing is permanently perfect. But there are perfect moments and the will to choose what will bring about more perfect moments.

Perhaps she was just looking for love in the wrong places. In all the safe places. What if love was not safe at all?

And she was terribly aware that she was alive. Not just living and breathing, but ...alive.

I prefer to believe the opposite - that there is always an indestructible beauty at the heart of darkness.

The worst thing about loneliness is that it brings one face to face with oneself.

Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair.

The bad part is life continues. The good part is that the pain goes away.

I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of

She did what she could for him. She kissed him in return. She lost her breath and both her hearts, and finally Turned to smoke and back.

What is wrong is wrong and what is right is right. If it is therefore wrong to do what is wrong, then it is absolutely right to do what is right! Do what is right and be right in what you do!

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

The greatest journeys all start with a single step.

We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.

As a rule, what is out of sight disturbs men's minds more seriously than what they see.

Not all who own a harp are harpers.

Can you reclaim that free-girl smile, or is it like virginity- once you loose it, that's it?

We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.