Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

I'm being made aware of my mortality all the time.

She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn't considered the misery she might inflict.

I made the wrong choice ," I whispered. My mother shook her head. "A child should never have to choose.

Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do somehing else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted, even when you know you should never take anything for granted.

God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same, wonderful, human song.