There are no coincidences. Just miracles by the boatload.

Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.

Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.

Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful.

I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.

...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.

When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.

Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?

Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words.

As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away.

What would you rather be, Jackie? Angry mad or crazy mad? I think I'd rather be crazy mad, because you can be crazy and still happy.

To see the first sun rise in New Year is the most sacredness of existence.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings." Samuel Johnson

Feelings are involuntary reactions, so God does not say, "Feel joy." He says, "Rejoice!" It's a choice.

To be truly positive in the eyes of some, you have to risk appearing negative in the eyes of others.

Butterfly causing a tsunami with on beat of its wing.

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.

My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.

My brand is good storytelling. I really want [my company] Hillman Grad Productions to be associated with great stories, interesting characters; things that are three-dimensional and feel honest.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Some people think that as soon as you plant a tree, it must bear fruit. We must allow it to grow a bit.