Once I have the story in my head, I write it down. The illustrations usually come last.
No one is perfect in this world. Forgive people for not knowing better and learn to move on.
The more you try to control something, the more it controls you. Free yourself, and let things take their own natural course.
Love must be the first thought and the last thought of the day, if you wish to live in peace and happiness.
You can let hate, animosity and anger eat away at you, or you can let it go and begin again.
Nothing goes to waste on the journey of life. Both good and bad experiences shape your mind and heart for what is to come.
Let people do what they need to do to make them happy. Mind your own business, and do what you need to do to make you happy.
Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.
The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the cause of the destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest; and, as soon as time or accident and removed the artificial supports, the stupendous fabric yielded to the pressure of its own weight. The story of the ruin is simple and obvious: and instead of inquiring why the Roman Empire was destroyed we should rather be surprised that it has subsisted for so long.
Her face looked ugly in the attempt to avoid tears; it was an ugliness which bound him to her more than any beauty could have done. It isn't being happy together, he thought as though it were a fresh discovery, that makes one love--it's being unhappy together.
It's not about the body; you are consciousness. That's what you are. Your consciousness is already out of your body. You don't need to get out of your body, you just need to get into your consciousness.