“You push forward, you fight the demons, you keep moving. Fear tries to paralyze you, to keep you from moving. It stops success, it stops progress - when you do things afraid, you're still accomplis...”

“Living is hard--dying is easy. You close your eyes and never open them again. What's so difficult about that? Nothing really--except it hurts like hell to those you leave behind.”

“Time was the most precious thing in the world to me, and Id just given her all of it. Because I was falling for her. Because I cared for her. Because I wanted to give her something to remember me b...”

“What do you love more? she teased. My hair or my heart? Why give me only two choices? Dont leave out your legs, your laugh, the way you bite your lip when youre thinking, the feel of your breath on...”

“the nurse smiled and patted my arm. Dont give up yet. Sometimes when we think God has written The End, what he really means is The Beginning.”

“God I choked on the word. I know we havent talked much in the past few years. Hell, I told you I hated you when Tye took his own life. I cursed again and pinched the bridge of my nose. I dont even ...”

“Disobey God and you are forgiven. Disobey Nature and you get disease.”

“Whenever you read a cancer booklet or website or whatever, they always list depression among the side effects of cancer. But, in fact, depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a sid...”

“Cancer. The word meant the same to me as tsunami or piranha. I had never seen them; I wasn't even quite sure what they were, but I knew they were bad and I knew in many cases they were deadly.”

“Visionary decision-making happens at the intersection of intuition and logic.”

“Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.”

“Choose your love. Love your choice.”

“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 ...”