Those eyes of his just look up at me, pupils dilated in the diffused lights of the room. Wide, black pools, seeking out galaxies.

When you truly start to care about someone you become vulnerable to all sorts of things.

It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.

Walls don't fall without effort.

Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.

So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?

The thing was, if I had found a way to escape- even for just a little while- I knew the pain would be there waiting for me when I got back.

...You know something, don't you?""I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific.""Just answer the question.""True/false or multiple choice?

Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service, ' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.

God only allows us to see such things when he wants something to change

Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.

Teach a person to think and they'll devise a way to eat for a lifetime

Its time I hear the clockTick tock tick tockGo and killl the bad inner beingIn you soul it has neva been..!!

People fidget. They are compelled to look engaged in an activity, or purposeful. Vampires can just occupy space without feeling obliged to justify it.

My head monk asked how it was walking. I said it hurt without shoes. And he said, 'It hurts on the foot that's down, but the one that's up feels really good - so focus on that one'.

People who don't make goals end up working for those who do.

Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.

The book of Job is pure Arab poetry of the highest and most antique cast.

Talking to God was damned good business.