It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't.

I always have someplace else I’d rather be, even if I don’t know where that is, yet.

I'm definitely more of a 'think game' kind of girl. I'll read every single dialogue and codex entry and lore entry. I really do love projecting myself and creating my character.

Think about all the selfish non-smokers out there, driving around on asphalt, drinking water out of the tap, not even thinking about how smokers' taxes help pay for it all.

If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven.

Cherish your health, family, friends, and vocation for none of these things are permanent.

The words of truth are always paradoxical. To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

When you've got God, you got a friend. And that friend is you.

We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest; not forbidding either, but approving the latter most.