Bursts of hope make despair harder to live with.

I’ve perfected the art of the fake smile. It’s not so difficult when you are completely numb.

She has to live, Eliott. I owe her a lifetime of apologies.”“Sometimes I think that’s all we owe our parents.

I won't cry. When the guilt is this heavy, you can't. It just settles and stays with you, and it's cold.

Will leans forward, pulls off his mask, and kisses my forehead. "I'm glad I was the one to save you this time" he whispers.

Our actions as believers should be extensive and comprehensive

I am in the world only for the purpose of composing.

Be grateful enough to always thank God for all His blessings thus far before asking Him for more.

If I start from a place of love, more times than not I will find what is "right, " but if I start from a position of "right" I will rarely find love.

People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life.

We need a spirit of adoption to take us out of the foundling hospital of the world, and to put us into the celestial family.

A victim of your own greed, wallowing in the muck of avarice.

Feminism is about ultimate, limitless reality.

If you can't handle the responsibility of a hit single, don't write one.

Some songs, some nights won't do anything for you, but people enjoy them and that's the job. The magic is finding those places to stand in the song and gain perspective.