I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

All I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away, but it's a great escape.

Looks like my superpowers don’t come with automatic manicures, thank heaven. I hate long nails.

Morning always comes.

You'll find truth in your looking glass, not on the tongues of men.

Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind.

My Dad was overweight and unhealthy, and he died young. I wasn't going to let that happen to me.

I bought my first house because of Animal House.

Legislative activity is always best based on care for the people.

When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.