Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something.

you cannot hope for change in others, you can only work toward it in yourself. And that's hard work.

Hope is good. Without it, well, you do the math. But hope has to be like a prayer. Putting it out there to something more powerful than yourself.

People who stay in the same town with the same friends for their entire lives never get a chance to find out who they can really be, because they will always be considered as who they were.

If I weren't a writer, I'd be a psychiatrist.

Isn't it funny how the people least impacted by tragedy are the most eager to move on?

When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.