...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another.

Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.

On the path to Conquer the throne, some of your pawns must die...If your eyes aim the big kill, you must learn to eat humble pie.

Success doesn’t come from motivation. It comes from Inspiration. -RVM

I fight evil, and words are my weapons of choice.

People who go through hell in the Heaven of Earth are mostly the people who live their lives according to some religious rules!

Keep the faith, don't lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

One man doesn't make a team. It takes eleven.

I seem to have a talent for writing endings that seem just right to me but that frustrate other people.

Strong minds suffer without complaining; weak minds complain without suffering.

A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.