The sun consumes even itself to give light to a dark world

A flower always turns its face to light

I thought about how all that mattered, in all entirety, and all I wanted, and all I could see anything being worth anything for, was being a writer.

Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.

Caine erupted in disbelieving laughter. "Yeah, that'll do it. 'I'm just a kid, Your Honor!' Hah. They'll have to find a few scapegoats, and guess who it will be? You and me, surfer boy. You and me.

I was a fool. I should have grabbed him when I could have had him all to myself, snatched him up like a ripe mango at the market. But how was I to know that this was what love felt like?

Judges are required by our democratic system not to overstep their positions to become policy makers or super-legislators.

By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.

Freedom of navigation through international waterways is critical to the international community and to nations in the region, including Iran.

You can make really effective changes when your consciousness is free of emotional turmoil.

You can ask me pretty much anything. There'll be things I'll go, 'That feels a little too personal.' But most things I don't have a fear of being asked about.

A bottle of wine Still to be drunk, A bundle of thoughts Still to be thunk.