Sometimes it doesn't matter how dark the world gets. You can be saved by the smallest thing.

Intention is one of the most powerful forces there is. What you mean when you do a thing will always determine the outcome. The law creates the world.

The treachery of demons is nothing compared to the betrayal of an angel.

I fell headfirst into a sinkhole of pretty things, and the world inside your eyelids is just as big as the one outside.

All great acts are ruled by intention. What you mean is what you get.

You presume to name those who have no name. We are pandemonium and disaster. We are the dancing, gibbering horror of the world.

All my life, I've understood the nature of where I come from, but I never thought it might be wicked until now.

The world is full of unused corners.

The hours spool out like a ribbon I can't find the end of.

The fact is, the contest has always been invulnerability, and even when you win, you still lose.

I wanted it in the way you sometimes want to jump into very cold water, even though you know it won't feel good. I wanted to go numb. To see what it felt like to be someone else.

Life is not a battle to win but a melody to sing.

All roads are tough, but you have to choose the one you know you'll never be sorry for taking.

Aha! #20 It's not what happens to you in life, it's what you do with what happens that counts.

Encourage means to put courage into, and discourage is to take courage away. Don't be a courage thief.

You know, the diversity that America has is so special. It's starting to really become a cool thing for young people.

All people are the same; only their habits differ.

Covetousness like jealousy, when it has taken root, never leaves a person, but with their life. Cowardice is the dread of what will happen.

Peace on earth and good will toward men - that is something we need to work on. Like Nelson Mandela, we should learn from him.

Now Ben Folds is my photography older brother. He was kind enough to give me a photo of his for my 40th birthday.

You don’t have to look far to taste some of the best food the world has to offer. I’d pit my grandmother against a 3-star Michelin chef any day.