Music is not in the notes but in what is between them.

Life is a desert of shifting sand dunes. Unpredictable. Erratic. Harmony changes into dissonance, the immediate outlives the profound, esoteric becomes cliched. And vice versa.

A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.

Destiny is a stubborn maiden. She likes herself just the way she is.

Jealousy knows neither morality nor empathy.

I desire to know you. Every breath of your heart, every fleeting look on your face, the rhythm of your joys, and the melancholy of your sorrows.

The external evils are nothing compared to the evils that we harbor in our souls.

Evil tempts every soul, but a weak soul tempts evil.

My eyes still swelled with tears, but my heart was dancing the lazgi.

The hurt is the place where the music enters you.

How easy to be free. How strong we are when we have nothing to lose.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese always leave room for the mouse.

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

Men do not fear a powerful hostile army as the powers of hell fear the name and protection of Mary.

When you get some success, you want more. When you get one mountain climbed, you want to climb the next one.

When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.

Remind yourself that you're bound to get better. Don't get down on yourself. Don't beat yourself up. It's the next opportunity that matters, not the last one.

How many more people have to die or be afraid or be injured in Chelsea, New York, Erin, for us to wake up?

In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential.

My job makes me travel a lot and too often I'm away from my children, but I don't ever stop being a mom inside my head and my heart. There is no higher love than that.