Gratitude is the bridge that merges your love with longevity. It is the vital ingredient for a lasting relationship.

Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It's ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you!

The road to success is always under construction.

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.

When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman.

Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

I believe in the immeasurable power of love that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!

If you're not comfortable enough with yourself or with your own truth when entering a relationship, then you're not ready for that relationship.

... be radical about grace and relentless about truth and resolute about holiness...

Creating a novel means moving into the past, the hoped for, the imagined. It is an emotional journey, fraught at times with characters who don't always do or say what a writer wishes.

All my favorite stars, my family and my friends are here. I'm having the happiest birthday that an 18-year-old girl could ever have.

I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.

whereas, up to the present, there is only one known way of getting born, there are endless ways of getting killed.

If there is pain in my photographs, it relates to the pain in my own existence.

Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.

We monsters are necessary to nature also.

Cereal production in the rain-fed areas still remains relatively unaffected by the impact of the green revolution, but significant change and progress are now becoming evident in several countries