“Devotion to self is necessary. First, place the mask on yourself and breathe deeply. Then help the others. If you dont save yourself, they will die.”

“A silence overtook the odd family in their odd surroundings as loss became the mockery of the moment, and they were caught up in the emotional release that is common in a theater audience after the...”

“I cant tell you whats in all of Gods plans, but I do know part of them. He empowers you with reason and will. Those are your strengths. Thats what gives you the chance to be great in his sight. He ...”

“Some people get what they want because they grab the power and swing it, and some people dont.”

“Politics is all about dividing up the power. Washington D.C. likes to talk about spreading the wealth, but never spreading the power.”

“Everybody dies. Its no risk to lose your life. You knew it was lost from the beginning.”

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

“Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”

“Healing starts the moment you accept the truth about what has happened. But healing doesnt come quickly. When you know that death or pain has come, you face a moment when you stare that pain in the...”

“But suppose the endlessly dead were to wake in us some emblem:they might point to the catkins hangingfrom the empty hazel trees, or direct us to the raindescending on black earth in early spring. ...”

“Life is but a dream for the dead.”

“Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.”

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of wi...”

“My dear,Find what you love and let it kill you.Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.Let it kill you and let it devour your remains....”

“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”