My mother was good at that, making people feel normal. Safe. Like as long as she was there, nothing truly bad could happen.

Would you rather live one perfect day over and over or live your life with no perfect days but just decent ones?

It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.

Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone.

It's the imperfections that make things beautiful

Susannah continued. "If and when I go off slow dancing in the ever after, I don't want to look like I've been stuck in a hospital room my whole life. I at least want to be tan.

She'd known me my whole life. It's hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing a part of yourself.

He smiled at me, and that smile -- he just gets in. His smile did it every time.

I wished I could stay forever, in this moment. Like in one of those plastic snowballs, one little moment frozen in time.

Sometimes it’s like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It’s like you see them through a special lens — but maybe if it’s how you see them, that’s how they really are.

I could survive for months, years, on a crush.

Conquering your fear gives you the best victory.

We were meant to live courageous and bold lives and not lives of mediocrity. However, we have to live our lives actively and on purpose each day to be unstoppable.

Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in his head.

God is immutable—He never changes! His ministry to you is complete, on target, and constant!

The civilized man is a more experienced and wiser savage.

Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?

There's always a nice tune [on radio] - helps you get the dishes done . I like to get the news from time to time - not too often. I don't feel deprived.

A woman says what is on her heart while a man says what is on his mind.

I think it's ultimately inhuman to only see things for their functionality. We want things to be more than that. The desire for beauty is something that's in us, and it's not trivial.

Here's a little tip for you. If you don't like being called a murderer, don't kill people.