There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well of sorrow, drowning the mourner in a torrent of agonizing pain; an exquisite pain that continues to afflict the mourner with heartache and loneliness long after the deceased is buried and gone.

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself

Books are like bound dreams waiting to be released

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.

What good is a secret if it remains a secret ... Secrets are meant to be discovered.

What is courage without risk... It wouldn’t really be courage, would it?