One of life's challenging realizations is that sometimes you outgrow your friends.

When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman.

Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.

I find the best way to love someone is not to change them, but instead, help them reveal the greatest version of themselves.

I believe in the immeasurable power of love that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.

I'm not crying because of you you're not worth it. I'm crying because my delusion of who you were was shattered by the truth of who you are.

Set the standard! Stop expecting others to show you love, acceptance, commitment, & respect when you don't even show that to yourself.

There are not enough days in forever to allow me to fully express the depth of my love for you.

The strength of a man isn't seen in the power of his arms. It's seen in the love with which he EMBRACES you.

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.

If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.

Celebrate the gift of memory.

Fear that makes faith may break faith.

Novels are usually built on conflict, sometimes very, very difficult conflict. It's why men write war novels - because there you go, there's the conflict writ large.

Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me.

Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don't put it in a list. Don't even say the words.

I just get the feeling that if Jesse Helms was in charge of art in America, you'd go into a museum and see nothing but prints of dogs playing cards.

Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.

At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry on with writing.

A lot of people can't be on their own. They get frightened. Isolation doesn't bother me at all. It gives me a sense of security.

[What's beautiful about my mother is] her compassion, how much she gives, whether it be to her kids and grandkids or out in the world. She's got a sparkle.