It wasn’t like I made his world better. It was like I was his world. It wasn’t some explosion; it wasn’t fireworks. It was a fire, burning slowly from the inside out.

America Singer, one day you will fall asleep in my arms every night. And you'll wake up to my kisses every morning.

Love is beautiful fear

Cinderella never asked for a prince. She asked for a night off and a dress.

True love is usually the most inconvenient kind.

I hope you find someone you can't live without.I really do. And I hope you never have to know what it's like to have to try and live without them.

It's always the fear of looking stupid that stops you from being awesome.

Vehemently denying something always implies guilt.

It's amazing how photography can capture just a split second of something exquisite.

Live your life. Be happy as you can be, let go of the things that don't matter, and fight.

P.S. May, don’t these strawberry tarts just make you want to cry?

Knowledge makes you strong, wisdom makes you powerful, and love makes you invincible.

Sometimes I feel like a melody doesn't have anything to do with me, but it's just something that comes, is accumulated from me playing on the piano, and then this little creature just appears.

A real desire to believe all the good you can of others and to make others as comfortable as you can will solve most of the problems.

Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

Young black men in America have an identity ascribed to them that is a direct legacy of slavery.

And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer

Traditions are a common part of our lives. They can be good, and not all traditions are wrong, but sometimes they can take the joy out of life.

Everything you do is autobiographical. Yeah, I grew up in a town called Redding and I had older brothers and sisters so it's all my memories of growing up.

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.