You could tie my hands to my sides, I suppose, but I have to write. For my own mental health, I need to write.

What's life without a little risk?

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.

Simplicity is the best wisdom.

You know you've checked into Heartbreak Hotel for real when you feel less desirable than uncooked fish.

What was she hoping to gain from his death? That it would numb the pain of his betrayal, or heal her injured pride? Her red sister didn't know much about love.

He [Abram] believes that the PRESENT is the only real thing and everything else is an illusiona distraction

I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all!

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

Christian fasting, at its root, is the hunger of a homesickness for God

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

You must never tell a thing. You must illustrate it. We learn through the eye and not the noggin.