the world loves stupid labels. i wish we got to choose our own.

Remember that at any given moment there are a thousand things you can love.

Life tells you to take the elevator, but love tells you to take the stairs.

Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen.

The older I get, the more I lose my ability to breathe.

A photograph it a souvenir of a memory. It is not a moment. It is the looking at the photograph that becomes the moment. Your own moment.

The words that matter always stay.

motif, n. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you. You don’t love me as much as I love you.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not.

Fear is nothing but a thought. So try not to become its victim. You were born to be the captain of your own thoughts.

An inner ease spreads inside me. Such is the power of acceptance and understanding from other people, the power of validation

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

Do not let the word tripe deter you. Let its soothing charms win you over, and enjoy it as do those who always have!

To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form

He is indeed the 'Lamb.' There is nothing harsh or haughty or retaliative about Him.

It is true that, with TV, a writer gets a great deal more respect.

The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.

America, my friends, is the only country in the world actually founded on liberty - the only one. People went to America to be free.

I think a lot, so I don't spend a lot of time actually writing - I do that part very quickly. That helps, for me. To keep track of the characters.