The first step is always the hardest

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.

The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.

I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.

Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place.

But that was the problem with having the answers. It was only after you gave them that you realized they sometimes weren't what people wanted to hear.

I didnt pay atteniton to times or distance, instead focusing on how it felt just to be in motion, knowing it wasn't about the finish line but how I got there that mattered.

Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.

I realized how truly hard it was, really, to see someone you love change right before your eyes. Not only is it scary, it throws your balance off as well.

That was the hard thing about grief, and the grieving. They spoke another language, and the words we knew always fell short of what we wanted them to say.

But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.

It is certain that there is no limit to the vast ocean of knowledge.

When you are imprisoned by the rules of conformity, it tames your imaginative capacity and steals your free thinking abilities.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets, and that when ballots have fairly and constitutionall y decided there can be no successful appeal back to bullets.

Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.

As leaders, we understand that intangibles are important, but we don't have a clue how to measure them.

I really hate bureaucracy and the idea that I'm not a free person.

Most people are afraid to follow their dreams. The thought of failure is too much for them to handle so they never even try to achieve them.

I just like to look beautiful sometimes.

Forgiveness essentially means giving up your right to make other people pay for the wrongs they have committed against you.

Wit must be foiled by wit: cut a diamond with a diamond.