We do not write as we want but as we can.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Gratitude is a Short-Cut which Speeds the Journey to Love :-)

Damn there were days being a woman confused the hell out of her.- Aella

When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question.

A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.

I'm most inspired whenever I hear of even the smallest act of human kindness.

Every now and then say, 'What the fu©k.' 'What the fu©k' gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.

What makes sovereign ugliness are our conventions.

American people are a little tired of anybody saying, let's get back in war. Why don't we go back (inaudible).

The bond between mother and baby is so interesting. Women have been giving birth since the beginning of time, but when it happens to you it feels like a miracle.

What a snapshot is to your life, your life is to eternity, so wouldn't it be nice if eternity captured you smiling?