IT IS NOT ABOUT SYMPATHY OR LIKEABILITY, EITHER. EMPATHY IS ABOUT THE TRANSLATION OF FEELING.

IT’S NOT THAT ANYONE CAN BE A HERO, BUT THAT A HERO CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE. BUT THE KEY IS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE THEM. A SPARK. A SENSE OF MORALITY. A YEARNING.

ANYTHING IN THIS UNIVERSE CAN BE A STORY WORTH TELLING, AS LONG AS YOU KNOW HOW TO BEST TELL IT.

Random line from BURNING DARKNESS: Fonda Raine stepped out of the back end of a month in hell a hardened warrior, ready to undertake the most important task of her life: kill Eric Aruda.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - too sad story. This book is very good and sad

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

When I really need it, talking is the best way to deal with emotional pain.

Unconsciousness of self is not so much unselfishness as it is the mental ability to extinguish all thought of one's self - exactly as one turns out the light.

I've been playing since I was 5, but I wouldn't say that I'm serious about the piano.

The world is in need of less religion and more common sense.

I'd hate to see you get cancer, but that's your problem, not mine.

The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.