Because he refused to adopt a defeatist attitude, he overcame the obstacles in his path.

Each year, more responsibility and freedom (they are companions) must be given to the child so that the final release in early adulthood is merely a small, final release of authority.

Nothing in this physical world moves from disorder to order without intelligence and energy being applied to it.

Learning how to fight properly and deciding what to fight about are two of the secrets to a successful marriage. It usually comes down to the "line of respect" one way or the other.

The family was God's idea, not our own, and it is still a wonderful institution.

The relationship between a guy and a girl naturally becomes more intimate as they spend time together.

That kind of forgiveness is of God. And if they have it, they have it, and if they don't, well, maybe they'll find it someday.

Whenever you begin to conclude, "I can't win, " and "What's the use?" you've set yourself up for failure. Your pessimism becomes a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.

But we must understand that emotions are unreliable and at times, tyrannical. They should never be permitted to dominate us.

Highs must be followed by lows

Husbands and wives need to return regularly to the kinds of romantic activities that drew them together in the first place.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Action springs not from thought but from a readiness for responsibility.

I'm not the girl that sits at home on a Saturday night plaiting her girlfriend's hair, drinking tea and watching romantic comedies.

Manifesting that order of poetry where we can at last grow up to that which we stored up as we grew.

I am interested in the confines of the page and busting through/off the page as well. A writer must let go of the line when writing prose poems, which brings its own pleasures.

On your best day, you're only as good as I am on my worst with one arm tied behind my back.

Faith in a better than that which appears is no less required by art than by religion.

There comes a time when suddenly you realize that laughter is something you remember and that you were the one laughing.

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.