Because the path of the righteous man was never supposed to be easy,' I whispered. 'Those who are chosen by the Lord are given a hard journey. The rewards will come later.

There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile.

That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.

If you try to use Christ as a solution to your problems, it will not work. You have to serve Him in order for Him to serve you.

How could you tell children they were playing with fire if they´d never had the experience of being burned?

The righteous ones are always exhausting to have around.

You've written three lines" "Three carefully considered lines,"Xavier objected. "Quality over quantity, remember

Sometimes you meet a person and you just click-you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life, and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything.

...nothing is permanent. Everything and everyone you know can change at any moment. That's how I see things now - except for you. You're the one constant in my life.

Sometimes it's the little things that count most.

Never love that which you cannot keep.

The “right time’ is now. Go onward and fulfill your dream.

Instead of selling to your customers, help them buy.

Sometimes you should be fake... to be honest is the thing which used against you... too much of you could kill ya.

Message to the billionaire class: You can't have it all!

When the world changes, correlation goes away… Causals are what endure.

And it's the educated barbarian who is the worst: he knows what to destroy.

If I stop to think about fans, or best-selling, or not best-selling, or good reviews, or not-good reviews, it just becomes too much. It's like staring at the mirror all day.

If parents instill a sense of civic-mindedness - and there is no better way to do that than by example - their children will probably follow.

It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.

I had been in a Shakespeare company for three years and done a lot of Shakespeare. That was fun. That was interesting.