When you believe you have lost your power and control nothing will ever seem easy or simple.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.

There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.

A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman's heart.

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie.

When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, "What was it that you wanted and why didn't you fight for it?

The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.

When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.

If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.

Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy.

I have walked a stair of swords, I have worn a coat of scars.I have vowed with hollow words, I have lied my way to the stars-Songs of Sapphique

Misery, after all, loves company.

Ever since the day you left me, I've been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.

Scientists are always skeptics.

I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.

Goodness is not in the backyard of the individual nor in the open field of the collective; goodness flowers only in freedom from both.

When I feel something very intensely or deeply or personally, I can go to extremes of self-expression or self-analysis by writing a poem - more than I can just talking to somebody or writing prose.

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.