We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it.

I am tired of trying to hold things together that cannot be held.

I have absurdly vivid dreams.

The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.

Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case.

People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see.

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

Tarot is just stories on cards.

Even the air feels different on Halloween, autumn-crisp and bright.

Love is fickle and fleeting," Tsukiko continues. "It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.

Associate yourself with people who think positively. You cannot surround yourself with negative people and expect positive outcomes.

We face many trials, beyond our human ability to endure. We learn to depend on only God’s grace.

Remember that when God calls us to leave behind something, it means He has something better in store for us. Allow Him to replace the old with the new today!

The best lies are seasoned with a bit of truth,

As I've gotten older I've become a devotee of 19th-century authors, such as Charles Dickens and George Eliot.

You just have to determine to settle for nothing less than being FULLY ALIVE, to show up, be who you are, and share your gifts.

War is not something that can be won. Everybody loses at war.

The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy comes in being able to take the damn thing off.

It was just that she had the need to tell him something honest, something honest and unhappy, because cheerful lies tonight were too depressing and too sharp, turning in on her like pins

Life is a team sport; it's not about you.