Sometimes you get everything you ever wanted, only it doesn't look like what you wanted anymore.

What really happened doesn't matter. What matters is how we agree to remember it.

If there's one common thread throughout all of history, it's that people have always fallen for the wrong people.

Well, you can't have heartbreak without love, " Dan pointed out. "If your heart was really broken, then at least you know you really loved him.

Because before the time when you're heartbroken, you get to be in love, and that's worth it.

I have a theoryd that the first person you fall for creates a model for how you approach relationships going forward. Like, it frames how you'll look at every person who you date after that.

Nobody is so busy that they can't make time for the people they really care about.

A fish is a genius in water, an eagle is a genius in air, a fox is a genius on land, and a sage is a genius in life.

For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound who shall prepare himself to the battle?

Sport is something that is very inspirational for young people.

I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where you are, this is who you are. Go.

I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there and I love being on stage eight times a week.

God is infinitely valuable. I can't think of anything that would have a greater impact on your life than for you to believe that.

This is a very sick man, this Obama.

Seeing their children touched and seared and wounded by race prejudice is one of the heaviest crosses which colored women have to bear.

I think listening to people is helpful.