The cruelest thing is love that leads us to deal with the parts of ourselves that we do not want to see, and this is what, in fact, we do not forgive each other.

At first, the wings weighed more than the chains, because with the chains we were not required to fly

They use fear to control us, they control us to make us afraid. One more reason to be brave.

I prefer to die fighting than living defeated

Many do not see that not to have dreams is far worse than seeing that their dreams do not come true.

There is the freedom you have when you are alone and there is the freedom that you have next to someone else. Blessed are those in which those two freedoms coincide.

Many of the most charming women I know possess at least on cat or dog. Maybe after getting used to an affectionate quadruped it is hard to settle for a man.

If we lived the plans we do more as bets than as forecasts, we would be less anxious and more prepared for the unexpected.

If you want to foresee the behavior of someone, their personality is a better predictor than their intelligence.

Sometimes we are more attached to the pain than the pain is attached to us.

Why so many wounded people look for forgiveness from who has injured them?

The fight of faith can only be won with the grace of God.

Our willingness to embrace the realities of our neighbor's difficulty is what empowers our witness and makes our testimony of Christ effective and hearable.

Never let the meaning of your love light escape to the dark nothingness of oblivion.

Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink That is the finest of suppers, I think When I'm grown up and can have what I please, I think I shall always insist upon these.

I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.

Practice the mechanics of making photographs until it becomes second nature.

Maybe we're born lost, born to persevere

If you win, fine, if you don't, you try again next year.

I may not be as active in it as some people are, but I think that the church has taught me great life lessons.

Perhaps I have a wider range than I'd given myself credit for.