Learning what you don't want to do is the next best thing to figuring out what you want to do.

The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it.

The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it.

I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done.

In my opinion, the ability to love another person is one of God's greatest gifts, and I thank God every day for enabling me to give and share love with the people in my life.

Be honest about what you see, get out of the way and let the story reveal itself

You can't stop suffering, you can't stop terrible things from happening, but you can bear witness... The least us reporters can do is go there and tell their stories.

Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss.

If you feel like an outsider, you tend to observe things a lot more.

The people I admire most hadn't really followed a particular path that was visible when they were on it.

Don't fall in love with a bonobo, because it's gonna die.

You were nothing more than a daydream that a beautiful heart was bound to fall in love with, and daydreams aren't real and beautiful hearts trust easily, fall fast and crash hard.

We can get through this. You just have to believe in that because we don’t know if a miracle is about to come our way.”- Afia

Positive thinkers use sentences like “I can do it”

Spider had that easy way about him that people who have never had anything bad happen to them seem to possess.

Being unique is what's cool. Normal? What's normal? A setting on a washing machine. No one wants to be that.

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.

You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.

For the most part I'll probably do floor exercise and balance beam. Those are the two things that I do.

One hundred percent of shots not taken don't go in.