If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. It’s a mysterious condition. It’s much like the life of a Catholic nun. You’re married to a mystery.

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.

I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel soaked to the skin.

I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vast and shattered it will reach you everywhere.

I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.

We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.

May you be surrounded by friends and family, and if this is not your lot, may the blessings find you in your solitude.

We are so small between the stars, so large against the sky.

You live your life as if it's real.......a thousand kisses deep

Reality is one of the possibilities I cannot afford to ignore

Action is only taken when one needs change. Change happens when action is needed to make a positive impact. Ones reaction to change is what determines the outcome.

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.

They are not long, the days of wine and roses.

Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.

I feel that God has given me a very special opportunity that I should not let go to waste. I use the gift he has given me.

Out of the firefight, into the carbon freeze." -Anakin Solo

Art doesn't reflect what we see; it makes us see.

Certainly there was no just cause of complaint from the Northern States - no advantage was ever sought or obtained by them for their section of the Republic.

You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers.

After every mistake, we need to understand that we can look back and learn-so that we can move forward with confidence and avoid making the same mistake again.