Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

Mr. Vey, you cannot be stuffed into a locker without your consent." Dallstrom said, which may be the dumbest thing ever said in a school. "You should have resisted. That's like blaming someone who was struck by lightning for getting in the way.

such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.

Sometimes our arms are so full with the burdens we carry that it hinders our view of the load those around us are staggering beneath.

The further along we get on our life journey the more we wonder about those who traveled before us and paved the road.

The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.