“I can see her struggling to find the right word. Death seems so harsh. Passing so oblique. Some things are beyond words, I suppose, and she never finishes the statement. It seems right, that her wo...”

“My emotions are invisible, untouchableinvincible evenand their power far outweighs my own. And so it seems unfair that for all the little I can do to them, they can do so much to me.”

“There is power in confronting your fears. In knowing what it is you fear above all, you can prevent it from becoming your reality. There are always choices.”

“This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve lifes blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing”

“Butterflies are natures tragic heroes. They live most of their lives being completely ordinary. And then, one day, the unexpected happens. They burst from their cocoons in a blaze of colors and bec...”

“I believe in the ability to choose. I believe this life is made up of our choices and their consequences the good and the bad. I do not believe in letting anything up to fate. We are the makers of ...”

“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”

“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”

“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”

“Those [things] that we encounter for the first time immediately have a spiritual effect upon us. A child, for whom every object is new, experiences the world in this way: it sees light, is attracte...”

“Because your character is always full of ambition, the news of my being locked up must have been much harder on you than it was on me. When I was arrested, it was almost a relief to know that I cou...”

“Spiritual learning is easy when we realize and experience that everything that everyone said about spirituality is already in action within us!!! Seek within rather than outside.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”