Is not the true respect and worship of God the exercising of our power in such a way that we are also respected?

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

I was really good at sitting around and debating things in my head.

The more my brain was fed, the hungrier it became.

The truer you are to yourself, the greater your gifts will manifest themselves.

We can't feel anything - all that's left inside us is dust.

The deceptive, glossy media images of faces, bodies and social lifestyles, make us hate ourselves so we will buy a solution to love ourselves once again.

People are always nice; I never get anything mean said to me on the street.

It hurts to much to be close to you, but continually pushed away.

All of that loneliness and longing in my heart got transferred into the book Because of Winn-Dixie, I guess.

Money is not evil. There is no scarcity, except in our mind and attitudes. And what we believe we deserve will be about what we shall receive.

It is false to say that humanity is the most excellent being in the universe. The most excellent being in the universe is the universe itself.