Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

That which yields is not always weak.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.

All knowledge is worth having

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

God keeps us in perfect peace when we rely on Him and are firm in the spirit

I do two things, " she told me. "I remind myself that it's not all about me. And I focus on the good. There's always a way to find some good.

Repentance is for little children.

I never liked Jules Verne, believing that the real was always more fantastic than the fantastical.

The importance of 'Dream School' is monumental. Helping to inspire these students to reach their potential is personally gratifying.

but paper and ink have conjuring abilities of their own. arrangements of lines and shapes, of letters and words on a series of pages make a world we can dwell and travel in.

The first time you hear the word "Daddy," I don't care who you are, your heart just melts.

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the most over-rated human being since Judas Iscariot won the A.D.31 'Best Disciple' competition.

Stick around long enough, you'll get some grace.

I think my brain is full of collisions and that's how I like to read and process information. I'm always comparing things and I think I do that subconsciously when I'm reading books of poetry.