Thank God I have seen an orange sky with purple clouds. How easy it is to forget that we have the privilege of living in God's art gallery.

Never mourn the loss of innocence, because it always brings the much greater gain of wisdom.

I am forever grateful for not knowing—What would have been. WHAT WILL BE holds none of those bittersweet pangs and it is lit w joy.

Emotions are like muscles. Most of them go highly unattended, it's usually the weaker, undefined ones that cause injury to the rest, and there is most certainly memory response in play.

The heart of a person only beats when it's surrounded by blood, by family.

If your blade were as sharp as your tongue, you'd have sliced my through years ago.

Just give me a thousand words and you may make your own pictures.

Unfortunately we treat others as we treat ourselves. We should try being genuinely kind to ourselves and the rest will come naturally, like a Platinum Rule.

My cup was already brimming before I met him —after it runneth over.

Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.

If your blade were as sharp as your tongue, you'd have sliced me through years ago.

She is so beautiful. Perfect. Mine.No. Not mine. I am hers.

You can shine everywhere you are.

Bureaucrats complicate. It gives them more work to do. It gives them job security. It means promotions as ever more bureaucrats are added to the Ministry of Redundancy.

A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.

As you love yourself, so shall you love others. Strange but true, with no exceptions.

A brave nation fights only because it must; a cowardly nation fights because it can.

Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case

It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.

A woman has no control over herself.

The first thing that's important is to really have people believe in you. If you have that, you can do anything.