Cynicism can blind one to subtler virtues

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

The better organized the state, the duller its humanity.

Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again.

Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book.

Autumn is leaving its mellowness behind for its spiky, rotted stage. Don't remember summer even saying goodbye.

...there ain't no journey what don't change you some.

It’s very easy to blame others, but very difficult to prove your ability.

Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as little as my bed.

I loved watching Ken Griffey Jr play for the Mariners and when he was trade to the Reds I was especially excited to get the opportunity to watch him play in person.

Psychologists have hitherto failed to realize that imagination is a necessary ingredient of perception itself.

When I was a teenager, my self esteem was really low. But when I stood next to Yunho and his crooked teeth, I felt better.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

The rich would do better with a smaller share of a rapidly growing economy then they're doing now with a large share of an economy that is barely growing at all.

Brittany and I don't date other people." "Why not?" "It's called being boyfriend and girlfriend.

I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles.

People are realizing that what seemed important to them in their lives-materialism and consumerism-doesn't work at all to make a happy heart. It actually makes an unhappy heart. And an unhappy world.