We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.

When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

Accept who you are; and revel in it.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.

We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.

Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say.

Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.

People who read too many books get quirky. We can't have too much eccentricity or it would bankrupt us. Market research depends on people behaving as if they were all alike.

I cannot live without books because books are my life.

What passes thelips goes straight to the hips.

...everybody should have true love, and it should last at least as long as your life does.

Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.

I think hip-hop is actually one of the most challenging things that's happened in music in a long time.

When I was coming up through the ranks, not that many people carried a lot money of money on them. This was before checks and credit cards.

The hinge is distinctly different, so when you look at it carefully, you recognize that it is its own unique design.

The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral.

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents.