—the longer you silence a violin, the harder it is for it to find its true voice again.

Free the fire fluttering inside her rib cage. Work her muscles, the bow, the violin, until she played herself to ash and embers and left the rest of the world behind to smolder.

She imagined she could taste the storm in him, the battering winds of desperation and frustration that met her own, blow for blow.

Half-truths only added up to a whole lie.

For the longest time, I saw them as the end of my journey, but now I think they were always meant to represent the beginning of yours.

It's our choices that matter in the end. Not wishes, not words, not promises.

He said he'd never remarry, because he'd never find another lady that fit so neatly at his side. He called her his equal in spirit.

What good is honour when greed eats away at its foundations?

Who could be satisfied with seeking out the four corners of one small world, when there was the whole of time to be had?

Everyday gratitude sweetens what appears flavorless and brightens all that appears dim.

Dead my old fine hopesAnd dry my dreaming but still...Iris, blue each spring

The bigger your problems, the bigger the blessings God is about to pour out upon you

People don't buy records anymore. I don't know how people can support themselves.

I realized people would soon forget me once I was dead. I couldn't even say that this was hard to stomach; really, there's no idea to which one doesn't get acclimatized in time.

Love is the bridge that joins all the worlds together. Love permits us to see who and what we are. The only thing that will truly inspire us to find the dharma is love.

The president's dead, no one can find his head, its been missing for two weeks. But no one seemed to notice it.

That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence.

Of course I'm not a racist, but I'm certainly right wing, there's no question about that.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.