I part my lips, but no words come out. I want to cry. Want to beg. Want to scream. But mostly, I want to hold him until I know he’s going to be okay. Then I want him to hold me until I’m okay, too.

You understand what I’m telling you, Tommy? You have a light inside you, and the only person who gets to decide whether that light shines or not is you.

Heartache is my constant companion, and we’re perfect for one another. Two co-dependent peas in a pod. My past and my future.

I felt it. I heard the snap of my heart tearing in half. It wasn’t a messy, dirty rip like I’d expected, but a smooth, clean line that knew just where to break to hurt me the most.

His eyes close, and he draws a long breath. When they open again, they’re colder than ever. “And that’s where you’d be disappointed, Lou.There is no good to be found in Death.

Anyone who loves in the expectation of being loved in return is wasting their time.

I’m Power Because LOVE is Power.

We doubt ourselves. It's not about lowering the self-esteem. It's about increasing the self-confidence by letting the risk factor do its part

There is nothing a pig loves more than a good bath, with a loofah and plenty of soap flakes ... There is something delightfully lovable about a really clean pig, in clean yellow straw.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.

A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.

They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.

Fear is far more painful to cowardice than death to true courage.

My criticisms are extremely mild in comparison to the tone of some of the questions fired in my direction.