He is beauty, inside and out. He is the silver lining in a world of darkness. He is my light.

The memory fades, and I’m left hanging on to the ghosts of his words.

If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.

Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything's possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time. -Day

Time heals all wounds. But not this one. Not yet.

It hurts every day, the absence of someone who was once there.

Clouds suit my mood just fine.

Love is illogical, love had consequences--I did this to myself, and I should be able to take it.

Sometimes, the sun sets earlier. Days don’t last forever, you know. But I’ll fight as hard as I can. I can promise you that.

All it takes is one generation to brainwash a population and convince them that reality doesn't exist

My mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone sucessful, or even famous. I'm famous all right, but I don't think it's what she had in mind.

If all women revealed their age, men would have nothing to hide from each other.

Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, ifhe is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast.

We don’t have a good excuse before God if our nation and people are suffering as a result of our complacency

To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.

I haven't experienced anything paranormal yet, but I did see what I think was a meteor light up the sky in a flash of red for a few seconds. That was really cool.

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.

I go by the great republican principle, that the people will have the virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom [to the offices of government].

Play the gayest tunes in your books, play them loud and keep on playing them, and never mind if a bullet goes through a trombone, or even a trombonist, now and then.

When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.

I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer.