There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Never underestimate the value of good friends.

Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed.

Hook your audience with a tiny snag of truth, and the Holy Spirit will unravel the rest.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores.

I'm a juvenile product of the working class, who's best friend floats in the bottom of a glass.

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Worry is a mean-faced dwarf who beats on your heart like a kettledrum.

A good story's like a door, and you can go through it whenever you need to. After you've read it or seen it or heard it, you can still go back through it. Once it's yours, it's always yours.

Cry you little monsters!

With my Roman Catholic upbringing, I have a set of principles that serve me well in good times and bad.