We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Unlike the bough that shook off her dead leaves violentlylike a wet terrier, unlike the beating of the butterfly, her wings, against the cocoon, some dreams never made a move.

A 'black' man who draws a 'black' person with big lips is called observant. A 'white' man who does the same is called a racist.

You will always be a hyena.

It was always a false assumption that white American writers cannot write novels about race unless they're approaching it from a very oblique angle.

I saw my true power. The darkest power. The greatest power. ~Jaime Vegas

I don't want to sit and look at all the trophies. I don't want to live in the past -- I want to live now!

I am really high maintenance and won't walk through the microwave that fries your body. I always request a pat down [in airport].

Her eyes the glowworm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend thee.

I firmly believe that you can't manufacture chemistry with anyone, let alone a kid.

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.