It's still horrible to wish the worst on anyone. I'm sure she had her reasons. Maybe people hurt her feelings, the same way I was hurt. A single word can feel like a rock being thrown at you.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

Too much mystery is merely an annoyance. Too much adventure is exhausting. And a little terror goes a long way.

When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.

We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.

Music is just something that explains people lives for them - that's what people call roots

...heaven may be only the mind's fear of the wonders it imagines.

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed.

Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink.

Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.

I'm not much of a multitasker, and when I'm in productive mode, organizational things suffer.

I like working late at night and then going into the house and sitting down and watching a movie and then going to sleep.