She wants to believe my excuses so bad. Every time I lie, she wants to believe me so much.

The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.

Everything...affects everything

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

In the end....everything matters.

Every human life has infinite value and to destroy even one is a crime against all humanity.

If people see North American hockey and they see violence and brutality and it's not so interesting, that sends a message too about your culture.

Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves.

What most Americans mean when they say "the end of the recession" is, "When will it be back to normal? When can we get jobs? When will the employment rate be back to 4 percent or 5 percent?"

There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.

Sarcasm is always perceived as an attack.

A mother, after all, is your entry into the world. She is the shell in which you divide and become a life. Waking up in a world without her is like waking up in a world without sky: unimaginable.

Everybody should fear only one person, and that person should be himself .

When man became the measure of all things what was lost was man.

It's only the dead who'll tell you the truth.