The price tag that you put on your soul will determine the people and circumstances in which you find yourself.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

Ordinary life is fascinating when viewed with extraordinary perspective.

PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.

If the charter of your liberties entails death and despair for untold multitudes, then it is nothing but a license for slaughter.

I love it when people ask who my influences are... or what my favorite part of my last book was... or the last great book I read.

I think Easter is most profoundly about meaning, not mechanism.

Mr. Spock : 'I began to study human behavior from an alien perspective, thinking, humans are interesting, sad, foolish, but worthy of study.

I wanted to be a dancer my whole life. And when I gave it up to act, I always had a really sad part of myself that missed it and missed performing and missed being physical in that way.

I really do believe that much of what coming out of Donald Trump's mouth was a play from Vladimir Putin's playbook.

My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness. It's quiet.

Life was an impenetrable mystery cloaked in babble.