I do not kill with my gun; He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father. I kill with my heart.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Anyone who writes is too precious to lose.

Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print, in public.

There are many paths beyond the rules of limited thinking. Trust your instincts!

If we give a hundred percent in whatever we do in life, practice one art form and pursue one sport, we eventually tend to evolve truly as ‘A Complete Man (or Woman)’.

Where do you live?' is ultimately a sacred question.

Sometimes it's better to show our vulnerability / pain / regrets so others don't think us impervious / unapproachable - be real / open

Never judge a journey by the distance.

If I want to have a conversation, I can't have a list of questions, because the second question on the list is going to interrupt the conversation.

I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.

Don't let pain keep you out of the garden