Writing is probably one-fifth coming up with the stuff, and four-fifths self-editing again and again and again.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

Man is the carrier of God’s image

Give yourself to a great cause, not only your possessions.

There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved in such a task will yield sweet results.

Learning to let go of anyone that does not add to your progress is affirming your inner sense of purpose. Just Keep moving!

People want to go out and travel around and meet cool people. I could just go live in Vermont, but is that what I really want?

People have opinions about everything and especially when you get into that world of animal rights or tree rights or whatever rights, they all have an opinion.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.

Whether we live to a vigorous old age lies not so much in our stars or in our genes but in ourselves.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect is directed by the heart.