Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

Poetry lit fire in the vast forest of memories within you.

You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.

There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.

Buttons ... check. Dials ... check. Switches ... check. Little colored lights ... check.

Not wanting to see, not wanting to be in touch with one's experience is something akin to cognitive laziness, an eclipse of the experiencer or inner witnessing in the person.

Should I ever again sink into illness, I'm sure I'll remember Eldric. I'll remember he cared for me. I'll remember that someone had at least taken the time to touch my face.

What good is a secret if it remains a secret ... Secrets are meant to be discovered.

I've never done an album in the same place really - I like to be able to remember where I did every single one of them .

I do think that everybody deserves a second chance.

In short, the elimination of the financial legacy of Reaganomics could force the United States to make some exceptionally difficult choices indeed.