I remembered reading somewhere that if you smile at something, it automatically makes you happier.

Because sometimes silence speaks much louder than words possibly could.

It was pretty cool to have someone around here who didn't like the same things as everybody else.

Secrets only ended up hurting other people.

Some memories were harder to forget than others. Especially the painful ones.

Silence fell between us. This was a common occurrence whenever we’re alone. When you’re comfortable with someone, you don’t need to always fill the void with noise. I liked it when we would just be.

I didn't like having secrets. Secrets only ended up hurting people.

But that's the thing with the what-if game-- you really can never know the answer to the question. And maybe it's better that way.

Why do we walk when we can fly by spreading the wings of our love?

It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description.

I do not think we should be trying to save our freedom by killing the safeguards that keep our liberties.

In any field, it's a plus if you view criticism as potentially helpful advice rather than as a personal attack.

Deride not what I say because of its simplicity. Truth is always simple.

Scripture has always been a part of my life. My dad was a pastor. My mother was a speaker, writer, and teacher. I memorized Scripture from the time I was little.

I see guys dressing like they're in college - and they're not. I don't want to be that guy.

It's malarkey. When you tell people that the roof crushing in on your head is not the cause of injury, it's your head hitting the roof, it's laughable.

Passion is the great mover and spring of the soul. When men’s passions are strongest, they may have great and noble effects; but they are then also apt to fall into the greatest miscarriages.

My entire career, in fiction or nonfiction, I have reported and written about people who are not like me.