Little girls are like old cats. If they don't like you nothing on Earth will make them pretend to.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Good and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul.

Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.

Satire is dependent on strong beliefs, and on strong beliefs wounded.

Led Zeppelin, you can't find a better band to pay homage to.

Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned.

People think [immigration] is only about the dollar, but it's so much more complex. This is a place where you can reinvent yourself. I don't know that you can do that anywhere else.

Youth, what a pity to waste it on the young.

Adversity shows whether we have friends, or only the shadows of friends.

Confidence is not based on you having all the resources needed to take care of yourself; confidence is based upon the truth that God is faithful.

Man is capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of changing himself for the better if necessary.