“even in the loneliest momentsi have been therefor myself.”

“Wordsare powerfulforces of nature.they are destruction.they are nourishment. they are flesh. they are water.they are flowers and bone.they burn. they cleansethey erase. they etch. they can eitherle...”

“i have laughedmore than daffodilsand cried more than June.”

“your handtouching mine.this is howgalaxiescollide.”

“To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.”

“lean in to kiss mein all the placeswhere the acheis the most special.”

“It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and fl...”

“Life is not a battle to win but a melody to sing.”

“Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.”

“Through the door at the end of the hall, Bushrod could see daylight. Gray and sullen it was, but daylight all the same. Through the years Bushrod had seen the dawn come to many fields, after many h...”

“You study the Path of Peace. I practice the Art of War. There are some congruities between these different approaches but there are many more differences, and they are significant. The Art of War i...”

“we developed a firm, practical feeling of solidarity, which grew, on the battlefield, into the best thing that the war produced - comradeship in arms.”

“If you are too weak to stand being hit and too stupid to avoid it, then you deserve more pain.”