Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

But there are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree and topple it over in a mighty storm. All the other trees who witnessed the evil look down upon the fallen tree with envy. They pray for the day when a wind will end their suffering. I pray for the day when God will end mine.

Being a failure at living your own life as best as you can is better than being a success living the life somebody else says you should live.

I'm tired of thinking and I'm really tired of Feeling. —Jenna Richards

Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.

I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the same story. The differences are merely in the details.