But circumstances change. Small causes lead to large effects. New paths are added. And all anyone can do . . . is choose.
My emotions are invisible, untouchable—invincible even—and their power far outweighs my own. And so it seems unfair that for all the little I can do to them, they can do so much to me.
There is power in confronting your fears. In knowing what it is you fear above all, you can prevent it from becoming your reality. There are always choices.
This world owes us nothing. Existence is not indebted to us. Humanity lives under this misconception that we deserve life’s blessings, that we deserve happiness. But in truth, life owes us nothing
The stories books tell transcend those of the characters inked upon their pages. A book discloses far more about the person who reads it.
When we stand up for what we believe in—for what’s right—there is always a chance that we risk the very things we fight for: our safety, our lives, our freedom. But if we stand down, the risk is definite.
Life is fleeting, yes, but also eternal; it will always find a way to begin again.
The worst prisons were not constructed of warped steel and stone. They were carved out of expectations and lies, judgment and corruption.
No force but love can impel one to step willingly into the shadows so that the other may shine.
There are many things in this life one can plan for, anticipate, control, manipulate, but love is not one of them.
I have never known anyone to win a battle waged against his emotions. When a sentiment hoists his glimmering blade into the air, the battle is lost before it has begun.
When a caterpillar bursts from its cocoon and discovers it has wings, it does not sit idly, hoping to one day turn back. It flies.
At the bottom of freshly dug holes, I bury my problems alongside the waxen seeds.
I have only ever known Guilt to have one weakness, one not easily given and not easily found: Forgiveness…In truth, Guilt’s strength lies not in the failure of others to grant us forgiveness, but in our failure to forgive ourselves.