Writers have superpowers.

So often we only do what we think is expected of us, when we are capable of so much more.

There's nothing more inspiring than the complexity and beauty of the human heart.

So I'm in love. That crazy, forget to eat, float around in a daze, talk on the phone all night and bounce out of bed every morning hoping to see him kind of love.

We think of happiness as something we can take. But usually it comes from being content with what we have, and accepting ourselves.

I think the birds in the area are dying laughing watching me try not to crash.

Time passes. That's the rule. No matter what happens, no matter how much it might feel like everything in your life has been frozen around one particular moment, time marches on.

Haven't you guessed by now? I say, my heart hammering. My home is you.

I feel like Cinderella sitting in the middle of the road with a pumpkin and a couple of mice, while Prince Charming charges off to rescue some other chick.

Have you ever been to a place you're supposed to love, but all you can think about is home?

Clara," he says, my name sounding different somehow when it passes through his lips. "I'll miss you.

All the bad things happen to us when we are alone.

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape it would be the shape of a boomerang.

The body is an amazing machine... If you eat the right things your body will perform incredibly well!

All them 5s need to listen when the 10 is talking

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.

Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

I think I'm the best, of course. How could I not?

I had a cat, though. I wanted to name the frogs, because I watched them grow, but there were too many.

You're a painter. You're a baker. You like to sleep with the windows open. You never take sugar in your tea. And you always double-knot your shoelaces.