Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day.

Scars are just another kind of memory.

That's how life goes on - protected by the silence that anesthetizes shame.

It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilization.

From when she was a baby, Tom has taught the girl to respect, but not fear, the forces of nature- the lightning that might strike the light tower on Janus, the oceans that batter the island.

Your family's never in your past. You carry it around with you everywhere.

To make sense of it - that's the challenge. To bear witness to the death, without being broken by the weight of it.

You have only to forgive once. To resent, you have to doit all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things" Frank to Hannah Roennfeldt

The only thing we can do is love that little girl as much as she deserves. And never, never hurt her!

What are you suggesting I do Ralph?’‘I’m suggesting you tell the bloody truth whatever it is. The only place lying leads is trouble.’“Sometimes that’s the only place telling the truth get you, too.

Stick to now. Put right the things you can put right today, and let the ones from back then go. Leave the rest to the angels, or the devil or whoever's in charge of it.

It's because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.

People can change their external lives with religion, but a lasting internal change only happens through a daily relationship with Jesus.

Heavenly Father, I live my life for your glory.

Live on berries in a hollowed-out comet lit by artificial suns long enough, and you start to have delusions about achieving enlightenment.

I would like to explode, flow, crumble into dust, and my disintegration would be my masterpiece.

Technology breeds crime and we are constantly trying to develop technology to stay one step ahead of the person trying to use it negatively.

A man always writes absolutely well whenever he writes in his own manner, but the wigmaker who tries to write like Gellert ... writes badly.

There is a case for telling the truth; there is a case for avoiding the scandal; but there is no possible defense for the man who tells the scandal, but does not tell the truth

What are friends for? They are the ultimate reflection of yourself. Always surround yourself with people who inspire you and return the favor by giving them the best of you.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.