Miracles are out there somewhere. You just got to find them.

The key to being a warrior is not to be afraid of who you are.

To admit ignorance is the highest knowledge. It is the necessary condition for all learning.

Maybe you've had skin next to your skin, but when was the last time you let yourself be touched?

Life is a mess, Rose said. You can fix the mess human beings make, Rose said, But you can't fix the mess being human is.

I'm an old Catholic. I don't believe in anything Catholic but I do believe that Catholicism keeps me from committing suicide.

Sometimes the world is so beautiful it hurts.

Her heartbeat was in her hands, her heart beat the way she moved her head, her whole body was her heart beating.

There is nothing more lonely than a true artist.

Why else do we live, except to be loved and remembered by those we love?

Identity is your role in life, the part you play. Individuality is who you are, and who you are is revealed to you if you can get to complete presence.

It is wiser to love who you are than what you want.

Oboe - an ill woodwind that nobody blows good.

My ancestors make up the skin of the world. That's who that is. That's what that is. That's us.

Passion is born of vague hopes.

It is certainly impossible to imagine forgiving the enemy while their animus remains undefeated.

Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy.

Love is being accepting of all of their flaws.

What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them.

Two days overdue, THE WORLD'S WORK has not reached me. Pray make a note of this. I would rather not have to resort to violence.

Prevention is the daughter of intelligence.