When a great adventure is launched with a powerful thrust, fatigue in the muscles and doubts in the mind are swept away by a fullness that moves life along like a breath from the depths of the soul.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.

Nothing comes to our lives without a reason

I already fear for my life just because of who I am, you think adding a little inconsequential vampire to the equation will change any of that?

We can never change the negative things that happened to us in the past, but we surely have the power to control the mental damages they could cause in our minds.

Fear is not your enemy. It is a powerful source of energy that can be harnessed and used for your benefit.

Mathematics is, in many ways, the most precious response that the human spirit has made to the call of the infinite.

All the vices lead to fortune when they are joined with the vilest of all--avarice. This is the secret of life.

old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it.

The stomach begs and clamors, and listens to no precepts. And yet it is not an obdurate creditor; for it is dismissed with small payment if you give it only what you owe, and not as much as you can.