You learn to write by doing it.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

I firmly believe that life will continually try to teach you the same lesson, with increasing pain, until you heed the call.

He's sleeping, Mr. Kim." Sehun muttered. "Don't disturb him.

You can't expect to win unless you know why you lose.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.

At 50, you probably get muddled? I'm the same, that's how I know? If you ever get lost, don't worry? Just change where you want to go

You think that just because it's already happened, the past is finished and unchangeable? Oh no, the past is cloaked in multicolored taffeta and every time we look at it we see a different hue.

When your thinking thoughts pass, you will be in the clear sky of your mind.

Italy is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia.

I know a lot of angry liberals right now. Hell, I know a lot of angry vegans.