Misanthropy is a suit of armor lined with thorns.

None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.

Many think they have a kind heart who have only weak nerves.

An intelligent woman has millions of born enemies... all the stupid men.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.

There are very few honest friends--the demand is not particularly great.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.

Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to all objects, dwelling, tools, even the landscape itself.

Christ was the first to be resurrected and never die again.

Chart positions aren't the be all and end all.

The highest intention comes from love and compassion ... when our intentions come from a place of love and compassion then we have the power of the universe.

I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.

But there is something to the fact that we don't see games on the West Coast, or we don't see games on the East Coast, and stuff like that. It's so unfair, because there is a bias that takes place.

I put everything in that last lap, it was very emotional when I crossed the line. It was all I had, I gave it all.

But today when I am 17 and warm and well fed, I'm keeping this journal for myself so I can always remember life as we knew it, life as we know it, for a time when I am no longer in the sunroom.