I’d give in to the grief but make sure I wasn’t loud enough to draw attention from those who think words will make me feel better.

Puzzles are sort of like life because you can mess up and rebuild later, and you're likely smarter the next time around.

I look up, and Jackson's eyes find mine. For a second, it almost feels like we're about to race into the hole to join you. Being buried alive has got to be better than whatever comes next.

Every universe I’ve created lately, your face keeps popping up in it.

There’s got to be some scientific study somewhere that proves your boyfriend’s sweater will keep you warmer and cure you of any illnesses a lot faster, than some Pottery Barn blanket.

I'm blown away by how happy you make me. Thank you for being there for me when I'm stupid enough to think I'd rather be alone.

Love places someone else in the centre of your being and your own self is blurred.

A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.

We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia.

Choice is your greatest power. It is an even greater power than love, because you must first choose to be a loving person.

The best students get the hardest lessons.

Do not make judgments, and you will travel no quicker road to the forgiveness of your sins. 'Judge not, so that you may not be judged' (Lk. 6:37).

Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.

You want to be commercially successful and critically acclaimed. But the truth is, there's only a few Bruce Springsteens and Paul McCartneys out there.

How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.

If there is any trouble within your heart - be free, in the name of Jesus Christ