Mother Dear, one day I'm going to turn this world upside down." --From My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Live a life worth living.

I could just felt the twinge of resentment with her being there, where my mother was supposed to be. What right did she have, to replace that place?

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.

We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.

he kissed me hard. "Promise me. Promise me you'll spend New Year's with me next year," he whispered into my ear.

We are creatures of our thinking. We can talk ourselves into defeat or we can talk ourselves into victory.

Much as we might wish to believe otherwise, universal love and the welfare of the species as a whole are concepts which simply do not make evolutionary sense.

It's your road & yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you

I would kiss you anyway, but I have a feeling that if I tried– (Rafael) I’d kick you in the nuts and tear your ear off. (Celena) That would hurt. (Rafael) That’s the idea. (Celena)