Everything in my room was old and faded, but I loved that about it. It felt like there might be secrets in the walls, in the four-poster bed, especially in that music box.

Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.

Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones?

It's the imperfections that make things beautiful.

We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything.

Life doesn't have to be so planned. Just roll with it and let it happen.

It's a lot of responsibility to hold a person's heart in your hands.

He didn't give me flowers or candy. He gave me the moon and the stars. Infinity.

I've always loved the first day of school better than the last day of school. Firsts are best because they are beginnings.

It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

But the little things are what make up life

Its not how strong you are, its how firm your footing is.

The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.

Other people need a full night's sleep in order to function and be healthy and alert. But I'm different.

The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

God has two thrones, on in the highest heavens, the other in the lowliest heart.

I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends

The universe is made up of vibrating, pulsing light. When our attention level drops, we don't see that. Instead we see what appears to be a solid material world.

America is an empire that does not wish to be one ; we are easily discouraged from doing what must be done to maintain the global order that allows democracy and prosperity to flourish.

Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth.

The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops.