I took a step back. "Here." He plunked his wet hat on my head. "Don't go anywhere," he told me, then turned away.

What do you do with your anger when the person you're mad at goes off and dies? Bury it? Bury it inside you?

The problem for me is that I can't ever really see who Gregory is, any more than I can see what a mirror by itself looks like, because he reflects whoever's around him.

Some people fall head over heels. Other people begin to fall without even knowing it—love grows like a spring flower beneath last autumn’s leaves and catches them by surprise.

I glanced up at him. "I love things that are beautiful when you don't expect them to be.

...you canʹt always choose how you love a person. Love isnʹt logical or fair. It just happens.

When you love someone, its never over. You move on, because you have to but you take them with you in your heart

People fear anyone who differs from what is considered normal, and in a small town the idea of normal can be as narrow as the streets.

Words are precious things meant to create, to imagine, to dream with.

old grudges and bitterness always hurt the individual more than the one whom he believes injured him.

Creativity is no excuse for obnoxious behavior

History was more than just stories, he reminded himself as the men walked forward with their burdens. It taught lessons as well.

A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse and dreams of home.

The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.

I believe if the white and colored people could get together and be let alone, they would understand each other and consequently love each other.

I have my own style that happens to be different from everyone else in Hollywood. My inspiration is me.

Come little cottage girl, you seem to want my cup of tea; and will you take a little cream? Now tell the truth to me!

I'm happy to have the opportunity to record the records I want to - I'm very aware that that's a privilege.

Sin scorches us most after it comes under the scrutinizing light of God's forgiveness and not before

People tend to be scared of what they can't see.

Thankfulness grows best in the seed-bed of conviction, just as some plants must be placed in the soil in the winter if they are to flower in the summer.