You hold your head up. You submitting to me doesn't mean you're anything less...the very last thing I want is for you to be some mindless puppet.

Most of all, I want you to know without a doubt that I've got your back. And your front. And your sides. I've got all of you and I'm not letting go.

Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It's not fair but then much of life isn't fair. It's how you live that matters. It's how you deal with the bumps in the road.

Words are just words. The evidence is in how you act, how you react.

You need to worry less about what everyone else thinks and focus on what makes you happy

Ahh, you’re a man used to getting his own way.” “Always,” he said in a husky growl.

Seeing you happy is the best gift I could ever ask for.

I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you." He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women.

Maybe I didn't always know what I was missing, but it was you. Always you.

Some crushes just never went away. They built, instead, into something permanent, obsessive and all consuming.

Never run out on me again. No matter what happens, you stay and fight. Yell at me, argue, throw something at me, whatever you want to do, but never walk away from me. Promise me that.

Time is a currency you can only spend once, so be careful how you spend it.

Your troubles, pressures, fears, and uncertainties will shoot you to greatness if only you trust in God.

He reached up and tugged his ear. And I did the same.

We face the question whether a still higher "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild, and free.

I miss THE WALLFLOWERS. Great band. Wrote my first Fan letter to them. No response.

I never say who I'm going to vote for, I never tell.

Without the ice, the earth will fall

One of the great things going on right now is social media and you get a real sense, immediately, about what people are feeling and thinking.

I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.

Pure pragmatism can't imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can't get anything done. It is the delicate blend of both that drives innovation.