the tears finally got the best of him and he pressed his palms to his eyes as his shoulders started to shake. He cried silently, in so much pain that there was no sound to equal it

Sometimes, the things people don't say are louder than the words that come out of their mouths.

The more you start to love someone, the more you ache when they’re gone, and maybe it’s that middle ground that hurts the most, when you can see them and still not feel like you’re near enough.

Could you please stop dripping your sarcasm all over my car’s interior?

You deserve more than just being our safety net

Whatever their future, at the dawn of their lives, men seek a noble vision of man's nature and of life's potential.

Gratitude is one of the most powerful human emotions. Once expressed, it changes attitude, brightens outlook, and broadens our perspective.

Lack of confidence in yourself, Can allow your enemies to hurt you easily.

There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.

I'm from the Vietnam generation. I didn't serve.

Where you see difficulty, I see opportunity.

As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgments but rain your kindness equally on all.

Weak people can be very stubborn.

We hew and saw and plane facts to make them dovetail with our prejudices, so that they become mere ornaments with which to parade our objectivity.

I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself.