What is this thing of intangible substance that wreaks consequential havoc on our lives? What is this sensitive thread that runs through heart and mind, and when given the slightest tremor grasps hold of all...

The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.

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

Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive.

Writers possess magic. It’s in their words. They compose phrases as powerful as incantations, creating illusions in the minds of readers. These spells make eyes envision things that aren’t real; they make hearts feel things...

Reality depends a great deal upon one believing what he sees—or seeing what he believes. Either way.

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...

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.

A great many problems could be solved by nothing more than a change in thinking.

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...

It is a fact that one man can be deliriously happy in the exact situation that causes another man to wither from depression.

Relax; the world’s not watching that closely. It’s too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.

You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness,...

God invites while the devil pressures and shoves and bullies. Realize who holds the actual power before you react. You are greater than Satan; God is greater than all.

It is a difficult thing―if not impossible―to forgive oneself for foolish errors, not for trampling a life or goring another with sharp horns, but for being the fool who opened the gate and let the...

Happiness branches from the tree of kindness, abounding with the fruit of sweet smiles.

I’m generally quite happy until someone tells me I’m not. I don’t see how they know I’m not, but suddenly I feel less happy.

The first real day of spring is like the first time a boy holds your hand. A flood of skin-tingling warmth consumes you, and everything shines with a fresh, colorful glow, making you forget that...

Saying ‘I’m sorry’ is saying ‘I love you’ with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other.

Let the giggles fill your mouth because nothing tastes as sweet as laughter.

I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all.

Imagine fantasy and pretend as neither fantastical nor pretended…..and then believe it.

My pain builds like storm clouds―massive, dark, and heavy with teardrops. Moisture falls torrential as if my world is a violent, eternal downpour; however, at long last the source runs dry and the bitter storm...

There are still blue skies and rainbows and days bathed in sunlight. There are colorful shade trees filled with sweet bird songs. And there are wishing stars in the heavens as well as angels in...

They say if you’re a better person today than you were yesterday you’re well on the road to perfection. So I figure if I’m a real snot today, tomorrow I should make huge progress.

Sometimes the difference between success and failure is simply the degree to which you crave one over the other.

I can’t force your lips to smile, but I can show them how easily mine do.

From the beginning, man could look up at a vast universe dotted by innumerable stars to find every evidence that he was nothing. This evidence has only grown stronger as science and technology record an...

A writer writesregardless…even though…notwithstanding…despite…at any rate…anyhow…nevertheless…in the face of…undeterred by…heedless of…and because.The true writer simply continues to write.

A guilty conscience pushed me to try harder—which I did for what seemed like a tremendous amount of wasted time, staring bug-eyed at uncooperative pencils. What was missing? The answer seemed obvious—intense emotional incentive. But...

You’re right; you can’t make someone be happy. But I don’t see the harm in trying.

I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.

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

No one is born a sprinter. We all learn to push ourselves up from the floor and then balance before taking that first, wobbly step. It is an individual choice where to go from there.

If you couldn’t sense heat, you’d not be alive. And if that heat never grew uncomfortable, you would never move. And if you were stagnant—unchallenged by unpredictable flares—you would never grow capable of shielding yourself...

Why so eager to jump in and direct someone else’s life when you can’t stick to your own goals and resolutions?

They say to never look back.But sometimes I do. It’s gratifying to see how far I’ve come.

There is no such thing as constructive criticism. There is constructive advice, constructive guidance, constructive counsel, encouragement, suggestion, and instruction. Criticism, however, is not constructive but a destructive means of faultfinding that cripples all parties...

Take time to laugh, to talk, to hug, and to cry. These are the human relief valves.

Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze.

If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.

It isn’t always a change of scenery needed to make life better. Sometimes it simply requires opening your eyes.

Though I love you to the core of my being, so thoroughly that every cell comprising me aches to be near you, I must accept that we can never be together. For our existence parallels...

Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough.

It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as soon as it touches the glass. Yet when I reach to top off...

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.