But now I knew that true love was above all that and that it would be better to die than to fail to love.

Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided.

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly

Don't forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy Skies.

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

Hide your craziness behind a beautiful smile. That's all you need.

I could say it all began with my mother.

In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.

My love for ice cream emerged at an early age - and has never left!

Sookie, my little bullet-sucker" Eric, my big bullshitter

The dark is light enough.

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

Every criticism or slight against you, warranted or not, received or endured humbly, is written in heaven for your reward.

What one heart finds hard to believe, a hundred find easy.

Success is when you realize obstacles you face are challenges to help you become better - and your response equals the challenge.

I believe that poetry is a primal impulse within us all.