Who would vandalize a doghouse? I ask."Cats?" Bee suggests.

When you share feelings with someone, or secrets, it adds a layer of complexity to even the simplest things.

Nothing stings quite like an unanswered text message.

Standing up for yourself is about more than flinging barbed-wire insults around. Its about picking your battles, knowing when to fight, knowing exactly what and who is worth fighting for.

But if you want him, you might have to fight for him." I let my head fall to the tabletop. "For the love of all that is dead and Chinese, please, no more fighting. This army needs a break.

It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength.

That our affections kill us not, nor dye.

In this age, you must be relentlessly remarkable to stay relevant, if not you will be relegated.

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

Fewer women would have abortions if wombs had windows.

The harder we work now, the easier it will be later.

What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

I envisage the prinicles of the Earth Charter to be a new form of the ten commandments. They lay the foundation for a sustainable global earth community.

Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.

Bare twigs in April enhance our pleasure; We know the good time is yet to come.... Bare twigs in Autumn are signs for sadness; We feel the good time is well-nigh past.