Don’ttempt the scorpion if you don’t want toget stung.

I hope you defy the odds of most dreams and actually accomplish yours

When life gets you down do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do? . . . Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming.

There is no such thing as bad people.we're all just people who sometimes do bad things.

I'm not capable of being casual with you, Lily.

And sometimes when I feel that much emotion, something inside of me just snaps.

You don’t put pressure on me to be something I’m incapable of being. You accept me exactly how I am.

And when you love someone, seeing them sad also makes you sad.

Shouldn't there be more distaste in our mouths for the abusers than for those who continue to love the abusers?

This isn't my excuse, this is my reality.

They were daughters of the sky. Luck belonged to them— never bad, often good, sometimes hard.

Childhood was the germ of all mistrust. You were cruelly joked upon and then you cruelly joked. You lost the remembrance of pain through inflicting it.

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.

Slavery always has, and always will produce insurrections wherever it exists, because it is a violation of the natural order of things.

If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens.

From this day forward, speak to yourself in a way that you would someone you care about.

It's important to learn to laugh at ourselves. Don't take life too seriously.

Love. Is it just a word that boys use to manipulate girls?

In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn't change policy.

Day after day, throughout the winter, We hardened ourselves to live by bluest reason In a world of wind and frost.