When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

It seems that God arranged the most humiliating circumstances possible for His entrance, as if to avoid any charge of favoritism.

Anabelle knew she was feeling too much, too fast. That was dangerous. Especially with a guy like Giorgio.

We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different.

One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

Hope raises no dust.

I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing.

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

Are you aware it is private property? Why you'll be asking be to bomb Essen next.

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.