Better--while life is quick And every pain immense and joy supreme, And all I have and am Flames upward to the dream ... Than like a taper forgotten in the dawn, Burning out the quick.

As for the common men apart, Who sweat to keep their common breath, And have no hour for books or art-- What dreams have these to hide from death!

I shall know you, secrets by the litter you have left and by your bloody footprints.

Life You have been good to me.... You have not made yourself too dear to juggle with.

The day you call someone "Mother" is the day your pain is hers to bear, you burden hers to carry.

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process.

With every animal, you have to build its confidence around people because people do some crazy and stupid things

It never gets any easier. But I will get stronger. Because my story is far from over.

I have seen God do more in people's lives during ten minutes of real prayer than in ten of my sermons.

February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.

I'm the author of my own misery.

I just want people to admit that there's no one way to live your life.

For a noble heart, the most precious gift becomes poor, when the giver stops loving.

The unconquerable pang of despised love.