But I remember the place with fondness ... not perfect but, all in all, not a bad memory.

There are photographs of people you don't recognize and photographs of you in ways you don't wish to be remembered, but they each contain elements of places or times you do not wish to forget.

This is what dating is like, I thought, this horrible mix of boredom and fear and humiliation and confusion.

Change rarely happens in doses large enough to choke you. Everyday you swallow a little more and expect a little less.

I might not yet be falling in love, but I might be flirting with the promise of love, the idea of love, the making of a place in my heart for love, though it may have been more a wish than a promise.

The feeling of freedom, driving into scenery as green and lush as a postcard of Ireland was close to bliss.

If money is a curse, may God smite me with it, and may I never recover!

You're never perfectly safe. No human being on Earth ever is or ever was. To live is to risk your life, your heart, everything.

I never met a hopeful Christian who didn't read their Bible.

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

It's the most pleasurable experience in the world! When you're on a great team and you get hot, your teammates milk you dry - they wear you out and there's nothing like being on a great team.

Everybody goes through some tough times in their life, no matter what you do. Man, I've had my tough times.

There's only one rule anyone connected with boxing must keep in mind - everything you here in boxing is a lie.

I went to England when I was 13-years=old and then I went again when I was 14. When I went for the second time I felt like the first summer I was there it was a waste because I didn't exist yet.

By choosing to be kind instead of cruel, we can break the karmic chain of reacting to violence with more violence, contributing to a more peaceful future for everyone.

I want an open dialogue. I want husbands and wives and people in relationships to walk out of the theater thinking, "Could this happen to me? I know I'm being tempted."