We all know pain, ’ Nate said. ‘It becomes a part of us… But it doesn't define us.

No matter how bleak and black her existence became, the familiar sight of the moon restored something within her, small as it was—like tiny fluttering wings of flame beating back the darkness.

It was more real than anything she’d ever imagined, and she clung to that in the same way that the sky clung to the earth.

People see what they expect to see.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

I am so imperfect, can you love me when really my soul is deformed? Will you love me anyhow?

Is the peace of God in the soul disturbed by things down here? No, never! If waters break in stormy currents against a rock, the rock is unmoved; it is only the waters that are disturbed.

I struggled in the beginning. I said I was going to write the truth, so help me God. And I thought I was. I found I couldn't. Nobody can write the absolute truth.

Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.

Secrets are inherently selfish. The longer you keep them, the harder it is to put yourself in other people's shoes about them and the more irrational your thinking surrounding it becomes.

When life is hard, remember - we are not the first to ask, 'Is there no other way?

Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now.

You have to be able to use it [art] to effect change in the community. That's what gives the film and the music an impactful legacy.