Every life can be learned from, as either a flame of hope or a cautionary flare.

Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

I have Tourettes syndrome.

The most difficult of decisions are often not the ones in which we cannot determine the correct course; rather the ones in which we are certain of the path but fear the journey.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives

such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour

The greatest shackles we bear in thislife are those forged by our own fears

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking.

Your success and happiness lie in you.

When sisters stand shoulder to shoulder, who stands a chance against us?

Memories are the only moments when smiling & crying takes place at the same moment.

Amazement + Gratitude + Openness + Appreciation = an irresistible field of energy

The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.

Your dream will not become a reality until you shift from Very Important to an Emergency!

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.

Going on tour, you don't have a lot of time to mull things over. You're just kind of, "Another beer, another show, another song."

I played the guitar for ten years before I realized it wasn't a weapon.

You know, tigers are very unpredictable.