What is it like to be so free - so trapped, but so free? What kind of bird sings only when caught? What kind of slave outshines and rises above her master?

History is the lie. History's words stain otherwise pristine books, drops of inky poison frosted in sugared deception.

Only the dead remember the truth.

The tear-stained letters of my regret will remain forever unread, for I am never going to be strong enough to give them to you.

Inside all of us is a light, but some beacons are darker than others, and some are so dark they never realize they are a form of light at all.

We are meant to love. We are meant to lose. Love is our promise of a bittersweet end, and our desperate, hopeless struggle not to hurt anyone along the way.

Innocence has no place alongside immortality.

Going back to legalistic roots contaminates the blood of Jesus.

I will never give up on my dreams. I have the patient to wait and work hard for its fulfillment.

With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.

How to tune your sixth sense and use it to improve your life

Making sushi is an art, and experience is everything.

With the benefit of hindsight, had more care been taken, maybe this could have been avoided

I've always considered movies evil; the day that cinema was invented was a black day for mankind.

Youth is harmed by having wisdom thrust upon it. Youth must gather wisdom slowly, in laughter and tears.

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business.

When I die, there will be people who send flowers to Ethel Mertz.