To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.

Someday my paintings will be hanging in the Louvre. [Vincent Van Gogh]

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

A man who has not suffered has nothing to tell with his paintings.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

Never expect to be accepted without criticism. Never forget to appreciate.

When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend, they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.

Everyone has something dark in their past. I suppose it's our job to overcome it. And if we can't overcome it, then all we can do is make the most of it.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Just because I'm a writer doesn't mean that my personal experiences are embellished. Every life has a story.

Anyone who shames survivors of trauma and abuse for not healing, is a person who has no compassion for life's suffering

The new year has begun for us. / Now must God grant us with love / That we may be able so to begin it / That it may be of value for Love.

Earth being so good, would heaven seem best?

In fact, there are more homeowners today than ever before in the history of our Nation and more minority homeowners than ever before in the history of our Nation.

He who helped you when you were in trouble ought not afterwards be despised by you