Pain los[es] its power when other things bec[o]me more important.

Remember, the past need not become our future as well.

The problem with being clever, Serene thought with a sigh, is that everyone assumes you're always planning something.

To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion can find no root in his heart.

To their simple, degenerate minds there was only one thing to do when faced by a God more powerful than their own: Convert.Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one can lie at crucial moments.

It's beneficial to have a reputation for honesty, if only so that one could lie at crucial moments.

There was nothing more bitter than a soul who had had its chance and thrown it away.

a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up. It makes us sick.

Oh my lovely princess, "Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them."-Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

Is human nature to believe that other places and other times are better than the here and now.

If you can get to be you, why can't I get to be me?

Sweet words are like honey a little may refresh but too much gluts the stomach.

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.

We can't always take the most obvious road in life.

If you are going to be a successful duck hunter, you must go where the ducks are.

These people didn't know anything about black people, so the only thing they could imagine was the worst thing.

So when you hear about Hillary's [Clinton] dishonesty, or the emails, or taking millions from the Saudis and other Middle Eastern dictatorships - remember, this is not about politics.

As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour.

Write about what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?

I just want to say that, all you do, no matter how bad your diet is, for the first six months or year, I just reduce the amount, even if it's horrible stuff. That you can deal with it.