If you are too weak to stand being hit and too stupid to avoid it, then you deserve more pain.

A true conversion is always only between a man and God.

Belief is not weakness. Faith is the greatest strength we can have.

What exactly does a friend do?

Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing

I cannot afford to lose you, too""You cannot lose something you do not own. Take me with you

There are other ways to beat someone than with fists.

So the question becomes, Daughter of the Dragon, what will you sacrifice? What will you let be taken away so that you, too, can have power?

What would you sacrifice for power?

Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon. If she needed to use it, she would, but she would never allow herself to be used by it.

I am yours, ” she whispered. The words cut like knives, barely out of her mouth before he stole them, sealing them with his own lips.

It's in the nature of the landscape to change, and it's in the nature of people to help the process along...

The boy took my sketchbook.

Love ends abruptly. In fact, this is central to endings of most sort. We just don't admit that.

I welcome the President and working with him to try to get some of that medical malpractice reform so we can get the cost of health care to come down.

The artist, a traveller on this earth, leaves behind imperishable traces of his being.

Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.

To be a poet you have to experiment.

He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.

They say, "Gee, you look great." That means they thought you looked like hell before.

Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?