You have to understand what you’re missing before you can really feel a loss.

For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love.

The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.

The music we listen to may not define who we are. But it’s a damn good start.

Prayer is like water - something you can't imagine has the strength or power to do any good, and yet give it time and it can change the lay of the land.

You know how I get angry sometimes? That's because it's the only way I can still feel. And I need to test myself, to make sure I'm really here.

Anxiety's like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you very far.

Every life has a sound

So you know what mean when I say that I don't think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You're just pulled to that person like true north, whether it's good for you or bound to break your heart.

Better safe than sorry!

Embrace love

Her eyes were full of hate. Full. And... at the same time, empty. Soulless. Like those horrible creatures she keeps around her. The dragon was frightening... but Maleficent, she was bone-chilling.

No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.

There's nothing more, nothing better in life to wake up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and feel comfortable with yourself and who you are.

Mama sewed the rags together, sewing every piece with love. She made my coat of many colors that I was proud of.

Humour is the shortest road from one person to another.

All art worthy of the name is religious.

There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.

True grit is making a decision and standing by it, doing what must be done.

It's frightfully important for a writer to be his age, not to be younger or older than he is. One might ask, "What should I write at the age of sixty-four," but never, "What should I write in 1940."