"Powerlessness is an excruciating pain, it is torture insurmountable."

"Maybe there is no such thing as success-a final destination where you arrive once and for all. Maybe existence is a never-ending journey of peaks and valleys and forever chasing dreams."

"Don't simply exist in this world, but grasp life's potential by the jacket. Dare it to be all it can. Make life historical-a gripping account of accomplishment. Make life a mystery-a challenging, bold adventure. Make life heartfelt-an enduring, poetic romance. Whatever it is you make of your world, live the fairytale."

"You are right, I do fall down a lot. But that wouldn't be true if I never stood back up."

"Five truly effective prescriptions to remedy a bad day. (You can't overdose.)-Pray; discuss your troubles with God.-List your blessings. (The blue sky, soft cookies, warm socks, etc.)-Call your mom.-Visit an animal shelter and hug a lonely cat.-Visit a nursing home and hug a lonely grandparent."

"When I ask you to be my valentine, I'm not asking you to love me. I'm simply asking you to accept tokens of my love for you."

"My stomach rumbles.Plates of cookies, cake, and fudge.Christmastime is here."

"If life is a stage and you are your own agent, then don't hesitate to play the character you wish to play."

"The night creeps in by subtle degrees while a show of fierce colors attracts and distracts me. I look up, suddenly aware of remote lights scattered overhead. I gasp as the last streak of fire dies on the horizon, and I comprehend it all too late. That crafty, dark night has swallowed my world whole."

"There are people who are never content, never appeased, forever dissatisfied-who continually look to what escapes them, convincing themselves that if only they could attain that one desire outside of reach they would be happy. It seems almost pointless to give to these people because their eyes immediately shift from the gift to stare miserably at the portion held back. Their wants, demands, expectations, appetites are never satiated, thus they refuse to be happy. And you cannot make them so."

"The least effort is the feat most likely to be accomplished."

"My favorite words in the world are these: in conjunction.They question curiosities in simple form and function. is a query of broadest scope. is wonder that fuels all hope.Together they lasso the mind like rope, and spur the wildest deductions!"

"The Christmas spiritwhispers softly in my ear,"Go be of good cheer."

"Many times what we perceive as an error or failure is actually a gift. And eventually we find that lessons learned from that discouraging experience prove to be of great worth."

"I slay dragons at night while you sleep. I see by the way your face contorts how they exist in your dreams. Willing a magic sword, I plunge into your deepest nightmares and swing at the beasts with all my might, dodging flames exhaled by monsters that would eat me alive to go on torturing the fair one I love. I see your face relax, eyes still drowsily closed, when the mighty dragon is slain. It may be that my fingers rub soft circles on your forehead as I imagine my brave fight as a knight reclaiming your dreams. You smile under the spell of my touch, and I am rewarded. And so, my love, as I await the dawn, I stand ready to slay dragons while you sleep."

"Afraid of offending with an off word or the slightest insensitivity, I keep an unobtrusive and silent distance. Nevertheless, my pursed lips and offish stance are perceived as cold, managing to offend all."

"Sit with me, and I'll not be alone.Hold my hand, and I'll not feel alone.Cry with me, and I'll no longer suffer alone."

"Had life not given me reasons to grieve, I would never have known the healing power of a hug."

"Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning."

"You're not a tree. So move, make something happen."

"I saw a man climb a mountain with no feet or hands and barely a stump for each arm and leg. At once I realized there was no excuse at all for me not to scale my own mountains."

"Hey, guard! Ian hollered out loud. "Do you think we could get a bathroom break? The guard seemed to snicker as he pointed to the grass outside the cell. Eena smirked at how dead-on her thoughts had been after all. "Come on, Ian complained. "She can't do that, she's a girl. The soldier smiled wryly, a shrug communicating his indifference. Eena laughed in her mind. (I don't know what you think's so funny. You're the one who's gotta pee.) Oddly enough, that fact just made her laugh even more."

"Doing nothing accomplishes nothing, gains nothing, changes nothing, and wins nothing. You have to make a move."

"At times we feel outnumbered in our attempts to improve the world-to brighten and beautify, to preserve and heal and do what's best for humanity. Selfless efforts can start to feel beleaguering, discouraging, even pointless with so little support. It is at these times I remind myself that I would rather be the last Good Samaritan standing than to join the ranks of selfish multitudes creating misery."

"The actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday."

"The power behind living a dream lies in either believing it's a dream or knowing it's not."

"Dreams aren't finish lines to be reached at the close of a race. They don't suddenly materialize, fulfilled, where the road ends. The entire journey is included in the dream-all of it from beginning to forevermore. You're on that journey right now; hence, you're living the dream. Enjoy it."

"Love by the sweat of thy brow.Not through whispered words of hollow sound or lofty dreams ne'er substance bound that more than oft do run aground. Nay, love with mighty, blistered hands that turn the soil and carve the land. A bearer of toil and golden band. Be strong! A founder of the feast! Protective knight who slays the beast! For promises and vows aloud are naught but wispy veneer shroud like cobwebs, frail, the airy words and wooing fail. So work, my darling. Toil as proof. Thy loyal heart be drained of youth and yet beat on, incessant sound. Both feet take root within the ground, and service be thy kingly crown.Love by the sweat of thy brow."

"A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot."

"In one way or another,you owe your life to Mother."

"The only two words you should ever say to a mirror are "Hello, Beautiful."

"I believe life is an education meant to teach us the need to be better people. And I believe this learning often takes place through trial and error which may mean being an awful person at times before clearly seeing and grasping the necessity to improve. If you don't agree with me, just ask Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge. I think Charles Dickens got it quite right."

"I'm sorry. Oh, what simple words are these!I'm sorry. Lips should breathe them out with ease!But nay, in barring up the way,"I'll die first are the words you say.I'm sorry, woe is all pride guarantees."

"Your opponent's wrong doesn't automatically make you right. Most fights aren't about who's right, they are contention over degrees of wrongness."

"We live that we might have experience; that through it we might gain wisdom, compassion, faith, and inner strength."

"Oh, mightiest wind,wilt thou cease thy breathing inand hold thy exhales?"

"Life's gonna kick you in the butt. That's what it does. But if you gotta put up with this crap, the least you can expect is that your friends will stand by you. I mean, for crying in the night, what else are friends for but to help you make right what isn't in life?"

"No one believes he is an idiot until the consequences of his actions prove it. Then hindsight rubs it in."

"I live in two unique worlds, traveling between both with just the opening or closing of my eyes."

"I bleed words.I dream in narrative. I live in infinite worlds.I befriend figmental characters.I wish on stars in other galaxies.I harvest stories from a brooding muse.I bloom under moonlight in hushed seclusion.I am a writer."

"A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions. A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts. A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity."

"It is not wrong to feel sorry for yourself. Just like it is not wrong to sit in a puddle of water while the rain pours down on your head. But neither is productive, unless you enjoy feeling cold and miserable and soggy while mascara runs down your face."

"This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so much more to embrace."

"To obtain wealth beyond measure, seek to make more friends than money."

"Man is dust. Rue is rain. Life is mud."

"My life has become a dismal sigh fettered by pangs of grief and anguished weeping."

"Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better."

"There are few things better than losing yourself in a book. And if you're lucky enough to have that adventure continue in a series, it's like chocolate ganache on the icing on the cake."

"The horses have stoppedtheir clippity-clop,but feet are too slowfor where I must go.So here I shall stayuntil light of daywhen clippity-clopgets my team underway."

"What would it be like to live as a butterfly, being admired by the world for your color and beauty and grace? What would it be like to live as a spider, having people shriek and jump and throw a shoe at the very notice of you?I have tasted both-looks of desire and repulsion.How sad it is that we judge a life by such a trivial thing as appearance."