Nothing is as eloquent as nothing.

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.

A single day spent doing things which fail to nourish the soul is a day stolen, mutilated, and discarded in the gutter of destiny.

{Iola Speaking} "The only time I seem to get you to actually say something is over coffee, so let’s latte.

Never say anything in a national campaign that anyone might remember.

Exactness in little things is a wonderful source of cheerfulness.

Life is not found in commandments or declarations of penalties, but in the promise of mercy and only in a gratuitous promise.

Every act is an act of self definition.

See what I have to put up with every night?

The heart cannot exalt in what the mind rejects.

I blew my voice out and the doctor said, don't even talk for a week.

I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling constantly.