We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn...for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together...this is the great paradox.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

Faith is not won by arguments. Faith is won by an experience of love.

I’d like to have the chance to decide what my life will be like, I think that’s the best present anyone can get. The chance to decide what your life will be like.

God can deliver you so well that some people won’t believe your testimony.

America has become politically and culturally agnostic, and the Christian faith in the minds of many has come to represent intolerance.

I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.

Above all, we know that although Americans can be led to make great sacrifices, they do not like to be driven.

Blessed are they who feel like pilgrims and strangers in this life, and whose best things are all to come!

I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it.

I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.

If we can get to the truth, we can change anything.