He tasted passion. He tasted emotion. He tasted a world he’d never imagined, one he could never enter. It was right there in front of him, suddenly open to him. Unexpected. Exciting. Scary.

And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.

If you allowed yourself to hear or feel amusement, you would hear and feel pain.

Here's to many more firsts and many more great memories.

I know what it's like to battle everyday of my life, just for acceptance, just to survive.

For the first time in his existence, he knew he was drowning and he wasn't thinking about survival.

Do not give in to the provocation of the devil

When you think of someone with love, your heart dances with joy.

As much as we hate to admit it, we are sinners by birth. We are also sinners by choice. We are also sinners by practice.

In the middle of nowhere, an old wooden bridge is a golden bridge!

If you open the armpits, the brain becomes light. You cannot brood or become depressed.

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll evolve to become so skilled at fishing he destroys the ocean and kills every last fish.

Nobody comes out of their mother's womb doing cucarachas.

When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way

Being "fearless" isn't about being unafraid, it's about being TERRIFIED and still going for it.

Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.