What mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations.

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.

Always choose the future over the past. What do we do now?

Eradicating ignorance through the establishment of information centers.

Proverbs 28:26Those who trust in their own reasoning are fools, but those who walk in Wisdom will be kept safe.

Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work.

Be yourself. Authenticity trumps cool every time.

It takes a lot of strength to let go.

Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.

When we make a true commitment to walk in love, it usually causes a huge shift in our lifestyle. Many of our ways - our thoughts, our conversation, our habits - have to change.

I've sucked way too much cement for this year. Bad juju rising off them city sidewalks. I need to babble with a brook or two, inhale starlight, make friends with some trees.