Dreams shape the kind of human beings we become. Not having a dream gave me a smaller future and made me a smaller person.

It took vulnerability to forge strength, the way true courage required fear.

It occurred to her that all the bad parts of life, the sad parts, the frightening ones, were meant to be offset by moments and memories like this. She had to be present in it, right here, right now.

So many of the things she had found lately hadn't been precisely lost. But she wasn't found without them.

You're torn between wanting to be closer and wanting to push me away, " he said. "So I vote for closer. I'll always vote for closer.

Every reminiscence is colored by the way things are today, and therefore by a delusive point of view.

It's okay to grow up, it's just slowing down that's the scary part. Running out of time. It's okay to grow up, but it doesn't mean you have to become like your parents.

It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.

All's fair in love and war.

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

It's weird juggling children in a rhinestone outfit.

If you're trying to be hip, be hip.

I like girls who are cute and naturally funny. As long as they are not too high-maintenance, then we're good.

When reading, only read. When eating, only eat. When thinking, only think.

If you want an opinion concerning the Bible, why not take it from the lips of someone who has a real acquaintance with it.