Though it pained me, I gave in. Why was it that I repeatedly succumbed to the first whisper of a promised maybe? How did the enticer, hope, always find my heart unguarded? There was no...

True love asks no question of the heart. It knows with surety.

There are days when writing is within my power and a story unfolds along a course I’ve already chosen. And then there are days when the words breathe on their own and take me by the...

The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated.

Friendship is not about ships—no matter how big and fancy and expensive the yacht is.

Life is hard and unfair. It is cruel and heartless, painful, trying, disappointing, unapologetic, and frequently downright awful. But that’s not important. What’s important is that through it all you learn how much you need...

For things I am not thankful for―experiences I would never volunteer to relive―I recognize how they have changed me. My depth of compassion and humility, the sincerity of my empathy and understanding, and the duration...

To love is to accept a soul entirely, not wishing that the person was otherwise, nor hoping for change, nor clinging to some ideal past. To love is to cherish the individual standing before you...

Laughter is magic that dispenses clouds and creates sunshine in the soul.

Your body and spirit, subconscious and conscious—every portion of you recognizes home. That is why on the moment of arrival, your entire being relaxes into a contented puddle of joy.

You can believe what you’ve been told. You can imagine in vivid detail the things explained to you. You may even feel emotions assumed to accompany the related experience. But you absolutely cannot know something...

Me”( Notice Me)I was sent here on a journey that has no end.I hear you joke of going nowhere fast.Well, maybe life’s a joke and I’m the foolThat dreams of being first but ends up...

You’re right. I’ll see to it.”He fed the barrel stove until a healthy blaze was roaring. Finding me no longer a decent conversationalist, Thaddeus left with a promise to return soon with food and water....

The funny thing about an impossibility is that it tends to be a magnet for those who would prove it otherwise.

You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in my undeserving arms.

When you tend to another’s dying embers, you find both warmth and an increase in the glow of your own fire.

The hours spent forming a written work can make one obsessive, distracted, compulsive, and neurotic even, especially when it comes to those rare, precious occasions of streaming pure inspiration. To have a muse moment interrupted...

Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found.

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...

Why hasn’t someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so we can solve the world’s problems already?

Zahvalnost ne menja pejzaž oko nas. Ona samo pere prozor kroz koji ga posmatramo, pa jasno vidimo boje.

In the heat of an argument I sometimes resort to thumb-sucking. It’s hard to have a serious fight when someone’s sucking their thumb.

It’s going to be okay, Gwen, I promise.”—from “Phantom’s Veil

We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that?

In other words, ‘I told you so!’

When a person boldly declares, ‘You can’t,’ he might as well add on, ‘Can you?’, knowing that this spoken roadblock only serves to fuel a challenge in naturally stubborn souls.

True love takes time. It’s an earned comfort that tells you she’ll be right there beside you no matter what you do, not necessarily happy with your every action, but faithful to you just the...

Your mother loves you too, son, more than anything in the world. She worries about you, day and night.”That sentiment stirred something profoundly pleasant inside the boy. He grinned at the internal warmth it created.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed. 

From good examples we learn how to be. From bad examples we learn how not to be. An observant and willing student can learn from any circumstance.

If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.

A closed book will lie there like a dead horse. But an open book will kick, buck, and bolt through perceived adventures like a wild and free stallion. So hold on.

Acknowledge that some moments are just plain awful―desperate and gloomy and painful and miserable and nothing at all but anguish. No truthful, cheerful thought in the world will fix it. So let me cry awhile....

Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.

A thought can prompt. Words can stir. But it takes action to attain a dream.

Only a writer would slap a bumper sticker on her car that read, ‘Seriously, I’d rather be working’.

You are here to make a difference, to either improve the world or worsen it. And whether or not you consciously choose to, you will accomplish one or the other.

Daydream. Because you can’t accomplish what you’ve never fully imagined.

Today is a BRAND NEW day—a perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.

Evil might not prevail in the end, but it certainly doesn’t fail to devastate in its time.

Life is a voyage across troubled waters where our days are often spent clinging to the top of the highest mast, scouting for a comforting glimpse of shore.

When I say I love the silence, I’m not being entirely truthful. What I actually love are the abundant, delicate sounds that amplify when I’m silent. These curious creaks, mutters, and hums compel my imagination.

What’s in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who’ve owned it before you.

It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible. Why? Because innately we know that nothing’s impossible.

The communication block between men and women:Men―”Can’t you hear what I’m saying?”Women―”Can’t you feel what I’m saying?

Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don’t pause for long; there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the...

The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.

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...

You can’t make me be nice.You can’t make me be good.You can’t make me believe.But your example, your kindness, your patience and love will affect me perhaps enough that eventually I may choose to do...

Compassion only plagues those with hearts, much like a field of thorns only troubles those who bleed.