An easy life doesn't teach us anything. In the end it's the learning that matters: what we've learned and how we've grown

Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

Next to God, love is the word most mangled in every language. The highest form of regard between two people is friendship, and when love enters, friendship dies.

Look in the mirror and one thing is sure: what we see is not who we are.

There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.

It's like a pulsar inside me. There is this great burst of energy, forcing me to write, and then the star goes quiet for a time, and I think it's gone, but it's gathering energy for another burst. And I seem to be almost unwilling participants in this.