How can you, of all people, say everything will be alright?" He has a point. I consider my answer. "Well, it's better than saying 'Keep on crying, I'm sure things will just get worse,' right?

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.

The sidelines may be safer but life is played on the field

Nothing nice you ever do for anyone is for no reason.

If nothing ever changed, there would be no such things as butterflies.

Maybe some things aren't meant to be known. maybe there just meant to be accepted.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

You never know, life is short but it’s wide

I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.

Don’t let any tragic event or any people pull you away from the path of peace. Be strong and attract others to your path toward peace.

When thinking won't cure fear action will.

We'll grow old waiting.

The Ides of March was a fairly cynical film.

I like to just see what's going on at a certain location and see what there is to do. If it looks and sounds like I'm able to have fun there, then I'm all for it.

I've been accused of deliberately hamming up my accent and dropping letters, but that's just how I speak - I used to be a chav.

Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother's tasted better the day before.

If you do not find peace inside your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth.

Plenty of clever children have to pretend to be not clever or else they get bullied by the thick.

There's no job too big to benefit from a small town person's perspective, I discovered, just as there's no town too small for thinking big.