“Dreams would always end with you, and then mornings would steal you away with a cruelty that haunted my days.”

“The past is a very determined ghost, haunting every chance it gets.”

“She always used to say that the past is a relentless parasite in its quest, feeding off of the senses, looking for anything that will trigger a memoryforever there to complicate the present, foreve...”

“Big events, small, mundane moments of the dayit doesnt matter; the past will find a way to squeeze into the presentif you let it.”

“Tell me youve seen the world.Now, youve come back homeTell me youve carried me with you,That youve held me close.Tell me youve missed meOr that Im not crazy for waiting causeOf all the butterflies ...”

“More than every once in awhile,More than most dreams,More than just my heart,More than anything,More than you know,And more than I can say,Ive loved you moreEvery passing day”

“Dreams would always end with you, and then mornings would steal you away with a cruelty that haunted my days.”

“She was also a memory, the worst kind of memory--the kind that pulled you to your knees at just the sound of her name.”

“When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.Laura Miller - Butterfly Weeds”

“The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of the outer pilgrimage. One can have one without the other...”

“Every traveler should make their own observation.”

“If perception is limited by experience, knowledge, and/or education, what deems my actions correct or my thoughts as moral?”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”