I remembered her once saying that life was like your shoes. You couldn't simply expect or imagine that your shoes would fit perfectly. Shoes that pinched your feet were a fact of life.

I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.

People always leave traces. No person is without a shadow.

Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.

We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.

Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

Dreams can be of value even if you don’t have an opportunity to turn them into reality.

Every secret we confide in another person can be a burden to them

Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.

‎Not having time for a person, not being able to sit in silence together with somebody, that's the same as rejecting them, as being scornful about them.

You can have more than one home. You can carry your roots with you, and decide where they grow.

‎"With each experience we grow and become more aware of the inner beauty that lies within us. Ultimately we are truly our own leader. We lead the connection and flow of life that is our inheritance.

Books can change the world. They represent a second chance for those that want to change their life and can’t.

Will you be able to touch me again without thinking about Sean? I don't want you to be disgusted by me.

Nine years ago I was alive. Nine years ago Jessica Anne Porter was fifteen years old.

[John Adams] diary, of course, is even more revealing of his feelings. Both his letters to [his wife] Abigail and his diary tell us what he really thinks about people and events.

There is no one more vicious on their own than conservative women on conservative women.

After all, we are human beings, and not creatures of infinite possibilities.

Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. We are emptying the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers as we fish them dry.

Citizens United said that transparency would be the disinfectant, but (c)(4)'s are warm, wet, moist incubators. There is no disinfectant.

Thou art an elm, my husband, I a vine.