You won't, " says the Mayor, smiling again. "Everyone knows you aren't a killer, Todd."He pushes Viola forward again -She calls out from the pain of it -Viola, I t

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.

A peace that blacked yer eye, ' I say. 'A peace that split yer lip.' He looks at me for another second and then gives a sad snort. “The words of a sage, ” he says, “in the voice of a hick.

The boy who refused to lose his soul.

And what exactly do you think this proves?" he spits. "You've got power, but you don't know what to do wit

Cuz how do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?

And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say.

TODD!" I shout again -And he looks at me -And I hear my name in his Noise -And I know it -I know it in my heart -Right now -Todd Hewitt -There's nothing we can't do toge

Easter is a time when God turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life.

In a sense, discouragement does not have to exist. Allow it to be rather the encouragement to honestly reconsider all the options, then, as necessary, shine on.

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life.

Don't worry about tomorrow, just be real good today. The Lord is right beside you, he'll guide you all the way.

If a woman is worth remembering,' said my grandmother, 'there is no need to have her name carved in letters.

Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.

I think growing up, you just deal with 'I'm ugly,' or 'I don't look right,' or 'my hair is wrong,' and it's such a distraction from what can really elevate you.

The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men.

if you give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, if you teach a man to fish he'll eat all the fish you may have caught for yourself