Another silence for the record books. Then he sighs."I know. It's crazy. I feel like --" He stops himself. He suddenly looks so miserable that my heart aches for him.I hate my life.

So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

So I'm in love. That crazy, forget to eat, float around in a daze, talk on the phone all night and bounce out of bed every morning hoping to see him kind of love.

We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves.

I think the birds in the area are dying laughing watching me try not to crash.

Time passes. That's the rule. No matter what happens, no matter how much it might feel like everything in your life has been frozen around one particular moment, time marches on.

Writers have superpowers.

Haven't you guessed by now? I say, my heart hammering. My home is you.

I feel like Cinderella sitting in the middle of the road with a pumpkin and a couple of mice, while Prince Charming charges off to rescue some other chick.

Have you ever been to a place you're supposed to love, but all you can think about is home?

Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.

For a woman to be taken as seriously as a man she must be three times as effective. Happily, this is not difficult.--Simone de Beauvoir

We farm workers are closest to food production. We were the first to recognize the serious health hazards of agriculture pesticides to both consumers and ourselves.

I always interpret coincidences as little clues to our destiny

Journeys start from where we are. Everything starts from where we are. Where we are is where we're supposed to be.

I learned from my past, and I now employ those lessons going forward, looking to the future - don't you think it's about time our government did, too?

If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'

A butterfly symbolized acceptance of each new phase in life. To keep faith as everything around you changed.

Prefects. I had learned this one. Student council types, but with superpowers. They who must be obeyed.

Slavery is the offspring of darkness.