Put no obstacle in her path and this will surely die a natural death; obstruct her, and it will give the situation an importance to worth fighting for.

There was that half-smirk again, playing around his lips, as if he was deciding whether the situation was amusing enough to warrant a full smile.

That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.

If you try to use Christ as a solution to your problems, it will not work. You have to serve Him in order for Him to serve you.

How could you tell children they were playing with fire if they´d never had the experience of being burned?

The righteous ones are always exhausting to have around.

You've written three lines" "Three carefully considered lines,"Xavier objected. "Quality over quantity, remember

Sometimes you meet a person and you just click-you're comfortable with them, like you've known them your whole life, and you don't have to pretend to be anyone or anything.

...nothing is permanent. Everything and everyone you know can change at any moment. That's how I see things now - except for you. You're the one constant in my life.

Sometimes it's the little things that count most.

Never love that which you cannot keep.

You can't call your life your own: and in return you have safety, if it's worth having at the price you pay.

Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.

Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home.

Reason's last step is to acknowledge that there are infinitely many things beyond it.

People who were close to me - family and friends - they knew about my sexuality.

I never courted that but it's nice when it's people you respect and they respect your work. It's thrilling.

I have been told that beauty is the great seducer of men.

The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors.

The satisfaction of life May not be ours, But the beauty of hope Is all ours.