Life sometimes gets so bogged down in the details, you forget you are living it.
Where you come from does matter -- but not nearly as much as where you are headed.
The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were one and the same, you were doomed.
If we don't change the direction we are headed, we will end up where we are going.
Writing is grunt work - you need to have self-motivation, perseverance, and faith... talent is the smallest part of it.
The only person who suffers, when you squirrel alway all that hate, is you.
The Lord turned water into wine. All I'm suggesting is a trip to the grocery store.
The more you get past pain, the more it goes from coal to diamond.
It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.
You can tell yourself that you would be willing to lose everything you have in order to get something you want. But it's a catch-22: all of those things you're willing to lose are what make you recognizable. Lose them, and you've lost yourself.
Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.
I have loved before, but it didn’t feel like this. I have kissed before, but it didn’t burn me alive. Maybe it lasts a minute, and maybe it’s an hour. All I know is that kiss, and how soft her skin is when it brushes against mine, and that, even if I did not know it until now, I have been waiting for this person forever.
Someone real," I hear myself saying. "Someone who never has to pretend, and who I never have to pretend around. Someone who's smart, but knows how to laugh at himself. Someone who would listen to a symphony and start to cry, because he understands music can be too big for words. Someone who knows me better than I know myself. Someone I want to talk to first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Someone I feel like I've known my whole life, even if I haven't.
When you are attracted to people, it's because of the details. Their kindness. Their eyes. The fact that they can get you to laugh when you need it the most.
You know what the difference is between a dream and a goal?... A plan.
We all know that a sky with clouds in it is much more interesting than one that doesn’t have any.
true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.
The only difference between a wish and a prayer is that you're at the mercy of the universe for the first, and you've got some help with the second.
It seems to me that no matter what religion you subscribe to, acts of kindness are the stepping-stones to making the world a better place--because we become better people in it.
maybe there is more to a person than a body and a mind. maybe something else figures into the mix— not a soul, exactly, but a spirit that hints you might one day be greater, stronger than you are now. a promise; a potential.
Researching 'Lone Wolf,' I was amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent these animals are. There has never been a documented attack against a human by a wolf that wasn't provoked by the human.
She became whoever she needed to be to survive,but she never let anyone else define her.
Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.
I think grief is like a really ugly couch. It never goes away. You can decorate around it; you can slap a doily on top of it; you can push it to the corner of the room-but eventually, you learn to live with it.
The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.
"Everyone still deserves to have their say."
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