Right now I'd like all my troubles to stand in front of me in a straight line, and one by one I'd give each a black eye.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.

When we turn life’s little pleasures into remedies for life’s troubles, we are setting up idols in our hearts, which actually push God aside.

The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before.

I do esteem individual liberty above everything. What is a nation for, but to secure the maximum liberty to every individual?

The act of paying attention contains tremendous power.

The act of quiet nighttime talking, illustrates for me more than anything else the curious alchemy of companionship.

Where I'm from, life's a gamble, grab the dice/'Fore I leave, pray to God, then I grab my Nikes

I'm bigger than you! I'm higher on the food chain - get in my belly!

Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.

His eyes flashed open. “Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it?