You could rattle the stars, ' she whispered. 'You could do anything, if only you dared.

You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.

Libraries were full of ideas-perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.

We each survive in our own way.

I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me about the world.

No. I can survive well enough on my own— if given the proper reading material.

You could be great. You could rattle the stars. You could do anything if only you dared.

I worry because I care. Gods help me, I know I shouldn't, but I do. So I will always tell you to be careful, because I will always care what happens.

Sometimes, the wicked will tell us things just to confuse us–to haunt our thoughts long after we've faced them.

Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear with your heart.

The supreme happiness of life consists in the conviction that one is loved

In the rural South, you have a town of 30,000 people and everybody's pretty much thrown on the same pile of doo-doo. You just learn to make the best of it and live with one another.

We have lobbed verses of Scripture, like hand grenades, into the camps of others, convinced we only have truth.

There are really only two options - you can feel things, or you can shut down. But, once you decide to feel things, you don't get to pick and choose what you feel.

Maybe with your emotions and your feelings, someone else can say it in a different way than you would, which brings new life to the way you might sing it.

Rob a neighbour with a smile.

See the cat? See the cradle?

Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going.

Our similarities bring us to a common ground; Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.