I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for," Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

An effective leader is also an effective listener.

A phoenix ain't nuthin' but a burd.

Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it - nothing superfluous, nothing lacking - a harmony.

I listen a lot to the incredible young artists who are coming through, which is something that just wasn't possible during Apartheid. That's the way I learn.

Reading for writers is like training for athletes.

Some nights I sleep like a baby. Other nights it's, Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.

He shook his head and eyed Roarke. "You don't look like a cop." "I'm not and thank you for noticing.

As a quarterback, obviously, you're going to be put in the forefront whether you like it or not, and if you're not then you're not doing your job.

You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by.

I hardly ever missed school, and I always got my work in on time. I was a good student and always got top grades.