We’d all agreed that we’d outgrown jumping rope, but Shady had given me such a nice gift of a skipping rope, and when there’s nothing better to do, I guess you go back to what once felt good.

Finding your way doesn't mean you always know where you're going. It's knowing how to find your way back home that's important.

Memories were like sunshine. They warmed you up and left a pleasant glow, but you couldn't hold them.

Sometimes it's best not to see your whole path laid out before you. Let life surprise you...There are more stars out there than just the ones with names. And they're all beautiful.

I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.

...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.

There are no coincidences. Just miracles by the boatload.

When there is suffering, we look for a reason. That reason is easiest found within oneself.

Who would dream that one can love without being crushed under the weight of it?

Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words.

As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away.

The world will never know you because you were not bold and did not take a risk

...everyone wants to be excited by something magical and wondrous - to be reminded of how they once saw the world ...

My kindness is my weakness but my weakness is my biggest strength.

You want your kids to have an opportunity. We're going to fight to give you that.

The magic formula is there is no magic formula.

I've kind of achieved everything I thought that I never would, so I haven't really got a bucket list. But I really wanna go to loads of different places.

For thee the wonder-working earth puts forth sweet flowers.

I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step.

In all our Yogas this renunciation is necessary. This is the stepping-stone and the real centre and the real heart of all spiritual culture - renunciation. This is religion - renunciation.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.