it is easy to surpass a predecessor, but difficult to avoid being surpassed by a successor.

She needed intimacy and a sense of partaking in, not just observing, real life.

I fell headfirst into a sinkhole of pretty things, and the world inside your eyelids is just as big as the one outside.

Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might be a handle to take hold of.

The key to managing fear and life's tasks is to take the time daily to get organized.

Maybe I was a bit harsh on some people. But I was harshest on myself, really.

It's tiring to be asked the same questions all day long: 'What is Gangnam style?' and 'Teach me how to dance.'

Though I never scruple a lie to serve my Master, it hurts one's conscience to be found out!

... To this day I would rather see a fish, creep up to him and watch his rise to my fly than catch half a dozen fish unseen until they take.

When I look to my guiltiness, I see that my salvation is one of our Saviour's greatest miracles, either in heaven or earth.

Spirituality is the science of the Soul.

There is something peculiarly dispriting about the emptiness that wells up when, in a strange city, one dials the same telephone numbers in vain.