The past never went away and it was not designed to do so. It would always be there, and it should be acknowledged.

And it was knowing that I could still be ... still be afraid of everyhting, but not letting fear stop me from living

It was me who had to carry myself over the finish line, and all I needed to remember when I felt like not trying was that that feeling wouldn't last forever.

People can say crap. They can think whatever they want, but you control how you feel about it.

Goodness, I was already a dork most of the times. I didn't need to be a drunk or high dork.

Forever was my heartbeat and it was the hope tomorrow held.

If your romance is dying, perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.

People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.

Growing up, I was taught a mans word is his bond.

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.

I choose to be more prepared than I'm expected to be.

And while he was doing those things, he thought about Allie and the love that was missing from both their lives.

How's it going down there?" "It's weird. They're too polite, they talk funny, and stuff has too much shine on it. But the coffee's worse than Central's, so that's something.

Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.

Making money isn't something to be ashamed of. There's a feeling now that if you have money you must have got it by some kind of shady dealing or being an MP.