The only way to remove pain from death is to remove love from life.
Roses can grow in slums just as weeds can grow around mansions.
No,' he said, 'you only have to live long enough to inspire others to do great things.
Sometimes we can only find ourselves by first losing ourselves.
...for we are all amateurs at life, but if we do not focus too much on our mistakes, a miraculous picture emerges. And we learn that it's not the beauty of the image that warrants our gratitude--it's the chance to paint.
People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.