Beautiful things were sometimes mixed up with treacherous things, they could even happen at the same time, or one could lead to the other, I thought.

There is more to life than just surviving it. Inside each turbulence there is a calm -- a sliver of light buried in the darkness.

I needed something else, some kind of juice.He gave me a hooked-eyebrow glance and took a showy swig of the water. Mmm, he said, smacking his lips. Water-juice. It's fantastic.

Writing is easy: just stare at the screen of your computer until a tear drops on your keyboard.

Wherever there is somebody else, a war is not far away.

I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn't have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers weren't around. I was lucky to have mine around.

We have eyes, and we're looking at stuff all the time, all day long. And I just think that whatever our eyes touch should be beautiful, tasteful, appealing, and important.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.

A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.

You earn influence by giving value and attention to other people. BE USEFUL!

Reading won't have the confidence to be confident

I have always thought beach weddings are beautiful. A sunset ceremony with a beautiful sky, white drapes and fire lanterns.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.