remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

It's not your job to judge or to decide if someone deserves something. It's your job to lift the fallen and comfort the broken.

Philosophy - the purple bullfinch in the lilac tree.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.

I knew that the deepest of tragedies was simple: to love, and not to be loved in return.

I never call myself modern or traditional, in our out, new or used, because I prefer not to be hemmed in by rigid definitions.

I don't wanna get rich - just live good.

And if you ever need self-validation, Just meet me in the alley by the railway station

Gratitude alone can keep you looking toward the all, and prevent you from falling into the error of thinking of the supply as limited, and to do that would be fatal to your hopes.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.