There are things I miss," you said. "But if I didn't have you, I'd miss more.

Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe.

A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.

The words that matter always stay.

motif, n. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.

I was feeling rational and restless, which is horrible for watching movies

Love is always worth the risks, even when, especially when, it scares you.

If eyes are windows to the soul, then tears are heavens rain.

Leaders are readers, disciples want to be taught and everyone has gifts within that need to be coached to excellence.

I always hesitate to say that something is lifelike.

As natural selection works solely by and for the good of each being, all corporeal and mental endowments will tend to progress toward perfection.

I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always wanted to write an animated score since I was a little kid.

To wish for change will change nothing; To make the decision to take action right now will change everything.

It is a pipe dream to think that that bill is going to the floor and be voted on.

I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping track of what was plausible for certain characters [was the challenge].