I ended up living in fear for most of my childhood.

I know who my dad is, I've met him a few times, but I don't even call him dad. I know it sounds horrible, but I don't even see him as part of my family, to be honest. If you want the truth, it doesn't...

When you've been touched by sadness and grief, it makes you vulnerable. And because I am vulnerable, I try to be positive. And when I say 'try,' I really do mean try, because it's an effort.

Moving on is not closure. It's not neat, and it's not about turning the page. It is about moving on, but it doesn't mean that you've left something behind.

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.

One hundred eighty days, Aislinn. Seth's been gone for one hundred eighty days, and I've watched you try to pretend it doesn't hurt for every one of them. Can't I try to make you happy?

Surprise is just a paradox. Sometimes it annoys us; sometimes it shakes the tears of joy within us; sometimes it makes us ponder; sometimes it ceases our words and leaves our jaws open, and sometimes,...

Neither blame nor praise yourself.

I was eleven years old, and I'd lost my mother, and my soul, and the Crucible gave me you. It made us roommates,

I'll be fine. I'm always fine.

When we feel powerless in a hostile world we can at least practice quelling the enmity in our minds.

And there you have it... if I knew that I could only have a few nights in that man's arms or nothing, I would take those magic nights and use them to keep me warm for the rest of my life.

Feel the pain. Feel the pleasure. As long as I'm living, I will enjoy every experience that I can. Happiness, glee, passion, peace, fear, pain, I want to feel it all, good or bad. I want to live, not...

Dan didn't want to say anything, but the words were unstoppable. I fucking love you. Don't leave me. You've got to find me. Again, fucking tears. Vadim shook his head, then pressed his face into the...

People don't get gentler as they get older but rather, harder.

You cannot drink the nectar of love without bleeding for its thorns.

But in the morning I would always rise and polish the surface of myself, a gleaming, confident young woman, an excellent student and good daughter starting her fourth year at the university, moving...

Come, dry your eyes, for you are LIFE, rarer than a quark and unpredictable beyond the dreams of Heisenberg; the clay in which the forces that shape all things leave their fingerprints most clearly....

He glanced around, his eyes widening a little when he looked toward her bedroom. She winced, but resisted the urge to jump and close the door. He was staring at the poster above her bed, an image of...

Doubt was a giant - sized beast with heavy boots that pounded through the cities of the mind, sparking an occasional life only so Hope could rise again for a splendid recrushing. Doubt reveled in...

Now is the time when you see people which you know... but they start ignoring you... and how do you deal with that?

Maybe I could use a little metal on the inside, I thought. If I'd kept my heart better armored, where would I be now? Easy - I'd be at home, medicating myself into a monotone. Drowning my sorrows in...

How blindly the world reads a man's mien! That I wear a smile does not mean I am in my comfort zone. I am only telling my challenges that I can't be distracted from the beautiful ending of my story.

Your ability to form a strong intention, to concentrate, and to get and stay focused while feeling detached from concerns of daily life - relaxed, open - minded, and emotionally energized - are...

Love hurts worse than getting slammed by a 250-pound linebacker.

Steven and I had always come to the market to check out the fresh flowers, so when Friday came around with the fresh roses, I always stood in the middle of it all, breathing in the memories and...

I'm convinced that whatever contains human emotions is composed of the most fragile material, for it can shatter unpredictably and without effort. And yet it is a resilient marvel as well, able to...

She tries to wear her pain on the inside. She always has. It's the trademark of the oldest sibling, I think.

Time slowed as metal shards enveloped her like shattered glass. None pierced her of course, but it seemed as though she might be able to reach out and pluck one from the sky. She settled for...