You're never safe from being surprised until you're dead.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant.

If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery

I've always loved the night and I'll like lying awake and thinking over everything in life, past, present and to come. Especially to come.

It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone,' said Anne, shuddering.

Live a life that fits your specific circumstances, not one that fits someone else’s expectations

Fantasy and drama appeal to us. They are socially acceptable and make you feel good about yourself. Moreover, you get rewarded for being cleverly ignorant.

Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.

When we try to find our sense of security, value, worth from our work, we'll find ourselves anxiety-ridden and burdened.

Choosing an agent is like picking a college. They give you a pitch, you hear what they've got to say, you hear what they're going to do for you. Ultimately it's a good gut reaction.

I don't like Paris or being in big cities.

I think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice and quiet.

Even illegals are not coming into the United States now because they can't find jobs. It's how desperate the job situation is in the United States.

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be/Yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.