But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin and cannot end, and so it cannot fail

Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find sin.

Amsterdam is like the rings of a tree: It gets older as you get closer to the center.

I feel like crying, so I must be crying, but it's impossible to tell because I'm underwater.

...And in freedom, most people find sin.

So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.

A taste so profound and complex that it can't even be compared to other tastes, only to emotions. Cheesy waffles, I was thinking, tastes like love without the fear of love's dissolution.

My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.

The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive.

All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm.

I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.

Did you just call me ‘sweetie’?” I asked. She shoved my shoulder. “No.

The power of God, strength of will.

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

No matter what we face, put your total faith in God, and in time - not our time, but His time - He'll bring us through.

When you are in a relationship, you want the other person to appreciate the things you like. It sounds superficial, but it's nice.

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

Conquer your mind and conquer the world.

A camera has interesting ideas of its own.

You can't lead a true life without suffering

For you know that it's a fool who plays it cool, by making his world a little colder.