Depression is always in the details.

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.

It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

Every writer can tell you that a book is only truly alive when it finds passionate readers who bring it alive in their imaginations.

I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a ton of new knowledge and new thinking into myself.

Miracles happens everyday. You have to open your heart, mind and soul to see these miraculous encounters.

Albeit i may die sleep not in the coffen of gold and even beer no fruit

A cleric who loses his faith abandons his calling; a philosopher who loses his redefines his subject.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings of an instrument.

Fear's greatest weapon is its ability to blind one to anything. In its presence, we forget there are others to consider, things to save besides ourselves.

Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]

I have so many boxing gloves around my house that I would get them confused with other gloves.

The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs planted by dead men.

Focus on money and we will make money. Focus on impact and we will make an impact.