No man knows what the wife of his bosom is until he has gone with her through the fiery trials of this world.

Great minds have purposes others have wishes.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

I've had it with you and your emotional constipation!

A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Honest good humor is the oil and wine of a merry meeting, and there is no jovial companionship equal to that where the jokes are rather small and laughter abundant.

Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.

There is a serene and settled majesty to woodland scenery that enters into the soul and delights and elevates it, and fills it with noble inclinations.

All girls who seemed to have everything going for them. And decided they had nothing.

When you've been lost as I have, " he once said, "you get good at finding your way home.

Sure, I’m gray-shading the line that separates stable and crazy, but the point is, there is a line. And I haven’t completely crossed over to lunatic.

I am just one of many thousands called to be an evangelist.

Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out into the world.

Inspiration will always sing; inspiration will never explain.

You make me wish that birth control was retroactive.

The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but when it opens its eyes it's just blinded by the corruption and everything else is a downward spiral.

I think most people have that out-of-body experience when they win the Oscar.

Everyone learns in a crisis.