The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

How beautiful to find a heart that loves you, without asking you for anything, but to be okay.

And God said, Love your enemy, & I obeyed Him & loved myself.

If indeed you must be candid, be candid beautifully.

Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.

I’m convinced that there is nothing ​truly good. Hell, sunshine can wilt a flower.

I want to buy my mom a house; I want my family to never have to worry about anything. And I just want to have an amazing career in music, because I love to do it.

People have maybe, sometimes, said that I can, occasionally, be a teeny bit edgy and judgmental.

I want to get rid of Common Core.

You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.

The kidnapping, the kiss. I brought him here, after all. I rescue him an pulled him into this new life, a life of freedom and feeling.

As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate.

As God can only be seen by His own light, so He can only be loved by His own love.

Who looks upon a river in a meditative hour and is not reminded of the flux of all things?

'Teachers Lounge' is a web series I co-created with Hollis James. We intentionally left the apostrophe out to turn 'Lounge' into a verb. The show is about teachers lounging around, wasting time.