To grow up is to accept vulnerability. To be alive is to be vulnerable.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

It was deeper than some boy thinking she was cute. It was more like she was food and he was hungry. It was as if Mars needed her to survive.

I do want to have holidays and see my family and friends.

If more women are in leadership roles, we'll stop assuming they shouldn't be.

I like Arsene for his principles but principles are sort of a restriction and restrictions are always lost possibilities.

They went to sea in a sieve, they did; In a sieve they went to sea; In spite of all their friends could say.

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.

Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.

A real punk is punk on the inside.

Invincible is just a word

Thus, in pornographic novels, action has to be limited to the copulation of clichés.