You West Virginia girls are one tough breed," he said. You got that right," I told him.

If you want to be reminded of the love of the Lord, just watch the sunrise.

You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

Nobody's perfect. We're all just one step up from the beasts and one step down from the angels.

Horses were never wrong. They always did what they did for a reason, and it was up to you to figure it out.

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by.

You can't cling to the side your whole life, that one lesson every parent needs to teach a child is "If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim

Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant.

The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

If you hold onto a man hoping someone else won't get them you have learned how to be desperate, not wise.

It isn’t what you don’t know that’s the problem. It is what you’re unwilling to ask.

You and I, " I intertwined my fingers with his, "are one.""Until the day I die, " he promised, "And even after that.""For the eternity?" I whispered on his lips."Evermore.

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place in an atmosphere of anxiety.

Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.

The illusion holds power over you when you are not able to remember that you are a powerful spirit that has taken on the physical experience for the purpose of learning.

The man who pauses in his honesty wants little of a villain.

It's not always clear where a healthy patriotism shades into a dangerous nationalism.

If I'd understood back then that a guy could be in love with another one, it would have happened. But I didn't come to that realization for a few more years and then it was too late for Jimmy and me.

I'm not really good at hiding pain or taking something and transforming it into something good.