Just like there's always time for pain, there's always time for healing.

Life isn't fair. A fair's a place where you eat corn dogs and ride the ferris wheel.

Time's never up", she whispered, not looking at me, but at my canvas. "Just like there's always time for pain, there's always time for healing. Of course there is.

I didn't answer. Just shook my head and let the tears roll. "I just want it to go away. I just want all the drama to stop. Nobody would believe me anyway, " I whispered. "Nobody would care.

Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings out there, deal with them, and find a way to be okay with all that's happened.

Sometimes, in my world where parents hated one another and school was a battleground, it sucked to be me.

Sometimes even stuff you expect to happen can still hurt

Some days making it to the end of the day is quite the victory. -- Bea

Often the thing that brings you the most pain is the very thing that will lead you to the most gain and your breakthrough.

Adversity builds characterand character is who we are

A marriage doesn't have to be perfect, but you can be perfect for each other.

For some people, the way that they're perceived by the outside world is not a priority.

Repeat your winners. If you are lucky enough to write a good advertisement, repeat it until it stops selling. Scores of good advertisements have been discarded before they lost their potency.

I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper.

You can't walk two steps without seeing a pregnant teen.

You cannot read the Bible and ignore the political realm.

Ice-cream is exquisite - what a pity it isn't illegal.

Intelligence is a fixed goal with variable means of achieving it.