Something in me, in my bruised heart, wakes up, and even though I'm terrified, I don't push the feeling away.

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

The world will knock you down plenty. You don't need to be doing it to yourself.

The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb.

Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?

Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.

I do not fall. I fell so hard so long ago there is nothing left for me to land on. I just keep falling and falling and falling.

Anger can try to break your heart, but sorrow is what will. What can. What does.

I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.

I don't eat bread.' Is she pouting? It's hard to tell. She's had a lot of chemicals injected into her face.

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

Look to the Lord in every situation.

Perhaps the most valuable thing he taught me (his father) was that there is no contradiction between devotion to work and enjoyment of life and people

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree.

People always try to box you in to what they know you best for.

Yes," Vorkosigan agreed, "I could take over the universe with this army if I could ever get all their weapons pointed in the same direction.

If I don't see myself as a victim, then I'm not a victim.

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.

With all the injury problems we have in men's tennis at the moment, I'm happy to still be standing.

It's not the plot [of Valley of Violence] - the plot is the reason to get all these things to happen, all these character moments to happen. It was always meant to have these two perspectives.