I try to know as much as I can about a book before the beginning, but I never know exactly where it's going to end.
I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
The teachers I've learned the most from, didn't think they were teaching me; they just thought we were friends.
God isn't trying to make our lives easier; He wants to make them more meaningful.
Love like there's no tomorrow; live like there's no yesterday. We're forgiven; now go love people like we believe it
People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it's not easily controlled.
See people for who they're becoming. Not who they were.
Democracy is a series of choices.
Since the Protestant majority in Northern Ireland wants to remain a part of Great Britain, and since Ireland itself has shown little interest in reunification, the IRA's prospects for success through political channels have always been limited.
When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.
I'm always writing to a younger version of myself, or a young woman who is like I was. I want that girl to know that I really existed and that it all went down that way.