I don't think I've ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets.

Sooner or later in life, we will all take our own turn being in the position we once had someone else in.

The only thing that feels worse than being stuck in a situation that makes you unhappy is realizing that you are not ready or willing to change whatever it is.

Never do anything that you can't admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it's probably wrong.

I don't possess these thoughts I have --- they possess me. I don't possess these feelings I have --- They obsess me.

The world is not ready for some people when they show up, but that shouldn't stop anyone.

I'm falling apart, one part after another. Falling down on the world like snow. Half of me is already on the ground, watching from below.

There will be a time when you are forced to follow your heart away from someone you love.

Anything at all is possible. Some things are unlikely. Some things will never happen. But they always could, at any time.

Never try to do anything that is outside of who you are. A forced smile is a sign of what feels wrong in your heart, so recognize it when it happens. Living a lie will reduce you to one.

I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.

Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.

If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.

When the shriveled skin of the ordinary is stuffed out with meaning, it satisfies the senses amazingly.

A writer's job is to cultivate what can go wrong. You're always looking for that dramatic arc of where things can fail.

In our prayers, we talk to God, in our Bible study, God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.

Whenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane.

The thing that I love, especially after sound check, is when I'm in that stadium alone. It's complete silence. I love that.

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.

Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is a family issue.

Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea. Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I'd drink it.