... the best way to strip the allure and dreaminess from a lifelong dream is, very often, simply to have it come true.

The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

Music is just a word for something we love largely because it consists of things that words can't express. Likewise, the heart is just a word for something in us that music sometimes touches.

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.

The principles that will save Earth's life are the same principles that save the living souls of humans: ineluctable spiritual principles.

Man is like a breath, his days are like a passing shadow.

When you have mental illness it's common to be shunned by your family or friends it wouldn't happen if they knew the pain you were in.

Independence is to have full control of your life to be able to make your own choices and design your destiny.

Surrender is when we stop toiling and striving and we begin receiving and arriving. Nothing is more beautiful to experience than the inner rest that follows surrender.

Beneath a mask of selfish tranquility nothing exists except bitterness and boredom.

I think it's beautiful to be able to cover yourself in metal. I love the color and the way it reflects. But it is also a protection.

It's really important for our troops to understand our country supports them.

A generic vampire tale in the Underworld vein that comes closer to the infamous Van Helsing than a memorable re-interpretation of a legendary monster.

Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech

The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.