We cannot enslave others without enslaving a part of ourselves.
Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.
I believe that in spite of the chains we bind ourselves with, there’s a primordial section of the human psyche that is still nomadic and still yearns to roam free.
The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.
Leah taught me that the greatest secret of life is that we find exactly what we’re looking for. In spite of what happens to us, ultimately we decide whether our lives are good or bad, ugly or beautiful.
Life has taught me that to fly, you must first accept the possibility of falling.
There’s a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they’ll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn’t someone. And it wasn’t something better.
I’ve never understood why people said ‘in your own words.’ Who else’s words would I use?
Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.
There are people who come into our lives as welcome as a cool breeze in summer- and last about as long.
Sometimes we can only find ourselves by first losing ourselves.
Life is not a sprint. It was never meant to be. It is just a step of faith after another.
Roses can grow in slums just as weeds can grow around mansions.
You should always be careful of what you say in parting.
When I think of God I feel like an ant crawling into a computer.
People can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them.
The depth of love is revealed in its departure.
In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my journey as interruptions – but I’m coming to understand that perhaps these detours are my journey.
Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It’s like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.
Things that seem bad at the time are really blessings.