No, " I say. "I didn't know that, " and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret from me.

I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.

You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.

It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once.

dear today, i spend all of you pretending i'm okay when i'm not, pretending i'm happy when i'm not, pretending about everything to everyone.

I’ll make a swing so I can reach the places I can’t reach yet.

He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.

This is what I want so don't be sad.

That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.

I was such a quiet kid, so shy and calm and in my own head. Of course I knew about being sad. Maybe that's the reason I saved all the things I thought were pretty.

He is Romeo, and he is heartbroken. Every word is wistful. When he says, 'O, teach me how I should forget to think!' I, for the first time, see what the big deal is about Shakespeare.

The hardest thing of all is when pain is hidden behind a mask of calm.

Get informed, not by reading The Huffington Post.

Don’t miss what the Lord has in store for those who love Him and are willing to let Him be the Master of their lives.

If mourning is denied outlet, the result will be suffering.

When you're playing for 30 people and you're jumping around stage, screaming, getting in peoples faces and acting cocky you're kind of poking fun at yourself.

We are a nation called to defend freedom - a tradition that is not a grant of any government or document, but is an endowment from God.

When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

A state of negative energy means that you are essentially getting something for nothing.

When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.

You cannot sell a man who isn't listening; word of mouth is the best medium of all; and dullness won't sell your product, but neither will irrelevant brilliance.