Death is death. Whether you die smiling or with tears in your eyes, it amounts to the same thing. A whole heap of nothing

Maybe home isn't a place. Maybe it's a feeling you have inside of you, being around the people who matter to you

The only journeys worth taking in life are those that test us to the very core

Don't start something that you cannot finish.

We're so determined to help those we love that we lose all perspective

Well Connor thought ruefully At least now I know who to thank for my anger issues.

You can't condemn a whole group of people because of the actions of a few.

However bad your life appears, things could be far, far worse

Secrets have a way of eating away at us from the inside

Yes, he said, taking her hand. And now I think I finally understand that old expression - a sight for sore eyes.

If people don't appreciate your REAL self it's hard to be with them, but you only find TRUE friends by SHOWING that self & TRUSTING.

The antidote to joy is dread.

My sincere desire is to write in a style that is simple enough for a child to understand, yet powerful enough to change lives.

A lot of the lads have a bat for the nets, a bat for facing the bowling machine and a separate bat for the match. I'll just crack on with a bat until it breaks - then crack on with another one.

Art is one of man's few serious activities.

I never thought that I would be labeled something like Generation X because of that movie ( Reality Bites ). I had no idea going into it, and it wasn't a label I could relate to.

China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

I was raised to have value for money, to have respect for money, even though you have a lot of it.

You may have the right to live anyway you like, but you don't have a right to have other people like it. Respect it or pay for it.

The practice of yoga induces a primary sense of measure and proportion. Reduced to our own body, our first instrument, we learn to play it, drawing from it maximum resonance and harmony.