She would grab whatever she could -a look , a whisper , a moan - to salvage from perishing , to perserve. But time is most unforgivving of fires , and she couldn't , in the end , save it all .

Attention shifted to him like sunflowers turning to the sun.

hills that stand soft and a sky that stands high and blue, and the sun setting behind a windmill, and always, always, hazy strings of mountains that fall and fall away on the horizon.

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.

Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.

The desert weed lives on, but the flower of spring blooms and wilts.

I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

I am in the world to change the world

The greatest wealth in the world is the wealth of time.

Your success will be affected by the quality and quantity of new ideas you suggest.

If a woman goes out with different men on different days, women only will question her character and call her all sort of names.

You can't explain success in retrospect. The moment you leap into the void, that moment is impossible to negate, after success.

No business can stay in business without customers. How you treat - or mistreat - them determines how long your doors stay open.

I just think that pick-up lines in general are horrible. None of them work.

I love to cook so much. I like to cook everything. I really like to eat my food.

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

Wake the happy words.