Ultimately, the purpose of magic is to free our potential, not bind us to ideas.

You can see ugliness or you can see beauty in the same thing - It just indicates your state of mind ~ Ramana Pemmaraju

Beyond the mask she is witness to his glorious soul. Exposed to the elements, she warms her skin in his light and essence of being.

But new love only lasts so long, and then you crash back into the real people you are, and from as high as we were, it's a very long fall, and we hit the ground with a thud.

Prayer is the way and means God has appointed for the communication of the blessings of His goodness to His people.

We need teacher educators who regularly spend a great deal of time in classrooms so they have a deep understanding of where they students will teach.

Quadruped lions are said to be savage, only when they are hungry; biped lions are rarely sulky longer than when their appetite for distinction remains unappeased.

You don't have enough talent to win on talent alone.

The worst kind of pain is when you're smiling just to stop the tears from falling.

The gifts of grace increase as the sorrows increase.

Old men are like that, you know. It makes them feel important to think they are in love with somebody.