Every word on every page, represents a love that captured this heart... fully, and never set it free.

Promise me this. When you find yourself in need of inspiration, bypass the roses that will clamor aimlessly for attention. And focus on the souls who have actually 'lived' among the thorns.

If you only knew how many sentences I have withheld in hopes that I will be allowed to speak them into your heart one day.

How is it that hearts hold on to memories with the strength of hope and possibilities.

I am often asked what made me the way I am. And my answer is always this: I've always been me. It just took awhile to find me under all the rubble.

How to raise sons who respect women:Never give them the opportunity to see you disrespect yourself.

If everyone only gave a fraction of the compassion their hearts are capable of giving... how much suffering could we alleviate in this world?

I used to worry about tomorrow, but that was before I survived yesterday. Now it's one breath at a time.

Show me a little bit of your soul under all those pretty words you spill, and I promise you I will drink every last drop.

And I find myself asking again and again.... What was it about such a beautiful man, who was able to leave such ugly scars?

Our spirits are connected honey. Wrapped in firsts of gnarled heartache. But I promise not to let go if you don't.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

Single |sin•gle| (adjective) - Too fabulous to settle.

If you see ten troubles coming down the road you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings.

It's not wether you were right or wrong, but how much faith you were willing to have - that decides the future.

What makes most of us who we are most of all is not our minds and not our bodies and not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.

Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff.

Libraries really are the gates to the future.

There is no model, there is only color.