The dream didn't fade as dreams usually do upon waking.

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

If you've ever been homesick, or felt exiled from all the things and people that once defined you, you'll know how important welcoming words and friendly smiles can be.

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.

If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples. - Japanese Proverb

The tears that heal are also the tears that scald and scourge.

The stories we hear in our childhood are the ones we remember all our lives.