The hardest thing about talking to teenagers, I had discovered, was that whatever you said inevitably came across like something an elderly aunt would say at a wedding.

I'm not letting go of you.

I'm not letting go of you" - Sam

Sometimes just getting through each day requires almost superhuman strength.

No journey out of grief was straightforward. There would be good days and bad days. Today was just a bad day, a kink in the road, to be traversed and survived.

Losing him was like having a hole shot straight through me, a painful, constant reminder, an absence I could never fill.

moving on means we have to protect ourselves.

Sometimes I felt as if we were all wading around in grief, reluctant to admit to others how far we were waving or drowning.

No journey out of grief was straightforward. There would be good days and bad days.

Sometimes for our sanity own sanity we just have to look at the bigger picture.

When someone we love is snatched from us, it often feels very hard to make plans.Sometimes people feel like they have lost faith in the future, or they become superstitious.

This girl is magic. She's wild incantations. She's that spark that lit me back to life and I'm burning for her.

A woman can be beautiful as well as intellectual.

...that is our calling: to show that there is a reality in personal relationship, and not just words about it.

The police are on the way to arrest you for stealing my heart, hijacking my feelings, and driving me crazy.

My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep.' To define yourself by some label or some level of resources - that's pretty shallow.

Courage is not the absence of fear, it is taking a step forward when you are afraid.

Societies as well as people become afraid of change as they grow older. It's human nature. The young have adventures while the old sit at home and nurture their memories.

Lovers, forget your love And list to the love of these She a window flower And he a winter breeze.

Without books, I would certainly die.

I've had the luxury of playing golf around the world, and I've spent a lot of time evaluating how to play all kinds of courses.