“Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?”
“I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”
“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”
“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”
“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
“When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.”
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
“The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot move forward.”
“You never fail until you stop trying.”
“Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”
“What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.”
“People, I have discovered, are layers and layers of secrets. You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.”
“I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
“You’re wishin’ too much, baby. You gotta stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone oughtta be.”