I wasn't scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future.

It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically

Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better

The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use. "—George A. Dorsey, anthropologist

As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.

When we make choices, we open ourselves up to hard work and failure and heartbreak, so sometimes it feels easier not to know, not to choose, and not to do. But it isn't.

I think part of making any decision in your twenties is realizing there is no twenty-four flavor table. It's a myth.

Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us.

Writing is a holy occupation.

Being an author of banned books is cool, I've decided.

I don't remember half of the new bands, though - and I think that's kind of where we're going. It's turning into just a big derby of songs. May the best song win.

I'm a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.

"Walter," she said, looking full upon him with her affectionate eyes, "like you, I hope for better things. I will pray for them, and believe that they will arrive."

I have one car that works; it's fast and safe: an Audi 5. And I have two old cars that never work: an old Peugeot convertible, and an Alfa Romeo Giulia.

Geoff Hurst had a hammer in his left boot and good left feet are like bricks of gold.

Live to please the others, and everyone will love you, except yourself.

The most effective way to share the gospel is to live it. When we live like disciples of Christ should live, when we aren't just good but happy to be good, others will be drawn to us.

When you're working with the best of the best, I'm not gonna put that on hold so I can work with people who studied the best of the best.