Hope has a way of casting shadows on the truth.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

For there are no limits to the stars, their numbers infinite. Which is precisely why I measure my love for you by the stars. An amount too boundless to count.

Joblessness gives you time to grow

We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do--we do it all the time.

It is my opinion that the 21st century will be the century of play, and the heteroglossic activity of artists in the 20th century has been the forecast.

To feel, and think, and learn - learn always: surely that is being alive and young in the real sense

The light around someone who speaks truth, who consistently acts with compassion for all, even in great difficulty, is visible to all around them.

The amount of money one needs is terrifying.

Writing on the subway or anywhere is writing. Maybe it's all just writing.

Never trust a second thought. Where there is two there is three. You will end up thinking forever.

If you want to have a spiritual life you must unify your life. A life is either all spiritual or not spiritual at all.