“Walk free from the long shadows cast by small people.”

“Eyesight can be so blinding. We need to look beyond the face of things.”

“Theres no such thing as writers block, so long as youve had plenty of time to think about what you want to write.”

“The process of creation begins way before one starts writing.”

“I needed some space to lay myself out, so that I could decide which pieces I wanted to pick up.”

“Sentiments, as I have found, can be harvested from places where our memories are fondest.”

“I love and care for everyone because I know the pain of being unloved and uncared.”

“I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”

“Do only work that matters, and you will end up pleasing those who are important enough to care about it.”

“The more interest you show in your spouse, the more interest your spouse will show in you.”

“Man is encased, as though in a shell, in the particular ranking of the simplest values and value-qualities which represent the objective side of his *ordo amoris*, values which have not yet been sh...”

“I knew people were talking, but I wasn't listening. I wasn't interested in anything anyone had to say.”

“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”

“I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate about that I'd be willing to risk everything for it. I wanted to know that ...”

“Do it with passion or not at all.”