Love is a war of lightning, and two bodies ruined by a single sweetness.

He who does not travel, who does not read, who does not listen to music, who does not find grace in himself, she who does not find grace in herself, dies slowly.

If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life

Love is not about property, diamonds and gifts. It is about sharing your very self with the world around you.

In one kiss, you'll know all I haven't said.

To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

Every day you play with the light of the universe.

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.

If each day falls inside each night, there exists a well where clarity is imprisoned. We need to sit on the rim of the well of darkness and fish for fallen light with patience.

The biggest life change any man would ever experience was the ending of it.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

If there had been an exercise I'd liked, would I have gotten this big in the first place?

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I definitely like clothes as much as the next girl, just not to the extent of people who work in the fashion industry.

As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.

I'm just tired; I just want the world to be quiet for a bit.

No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.

Our schools are filled with this potential energy, and we need to create an environment for that energy to manifest itself.

We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.