One of the few things that can't be recycled is wasted time.

Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?

We become what we repeatedly do.

A fruit salad is delicious precisely because each fruit maintains its own flavor.

Strong minds talk about ideas; weak minds talk about people.

Life is a mission, not a career. A career is a profession, a mission is a cause. A career asks, What's in it for me? A mission asks, How can I make a difference?

We are free to choose our paths, but we can't choose the consequences that come with them.

Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.

Education must be a lifelong pursuit. The person who doesn't read is not better off than the person who can't.

Make as many friends as you can, but don't build your life on them alone. It's an unstable foundation.

Don't wait until people are dead to give them flowers.

The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.

If you learn from every mistake, you never fail at anything.

...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...

I don't have much patience with sick people.

And my sister, my Lindsey, left me in her memories, where I was meant to be.

I think a lot of young teenagers try to get esteem from accolades from other people, or boys, and what you learn as you get older is that you have to create that within yourself.

There is no room for being creative in today’s business... Except for finding creative ways to be inefficient.

Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and harder.

No member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.