Language instruction should start in the first grade. Writing, also.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

There is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down.

Life becomes involuntary repetitive when you suffer from short term memory loss.

I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing - not just a waiting.

Xena, above all, remember your destiny. Remember it and fight, fight to come back. This world needs you. I need you.

I do not love to work out, but if I stick to exercising every day and put the right things in my mouth, then my diabetes just stays in check.

We need to be celebrating those who serve us rather than mocking them for the purpose of getting on TV and selling some books.

If we are focusing on our needs, the relationship is in trouble.

What I liked about Greece was [...] the impressive force of the language itself, unconfined by dictionaries, spoken in the streets, in cafés and in the country.

Adron! Don’t you hurt him. (Kiara) I’m not going to hurt him, Mom. I’m going to kill him. (Young Adron)

It doesn't have to be the truth, just your vision of it, written down.