“You must accept that we are as real as you are; you must accept that you are not God.”

Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

Sometimes you have to stop trying to force it, walk away and let your subconscious show you the way. Fill up on life for a while.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.

The stories we love best do live in us forever.

You are the true master of death, because the true master does not seek to run away from Death.

It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us.

You can exist without your soul, you know, as long as your brain and heart are still working. But you’ll have no sense of self anymore, no memory. There’s no chance at all of recovery. You’ll just exist as an empty shell. And your soul is gone forever, lost.  

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never. What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed.

Read a lot. Reading really helps. Read anything you can get your hands on.

Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.

Depression is the absence of hope.

Books are like mirrors: if a fool looks in, you cannot expect a genius to look out.

Being cool is being your own self, not doing something that someone else is telling you to do.

Whenever you say ‘yes’ to anything, there is less of you for something else. Make sure your ‘yes’ is worth the less.

When we have accepted the worst, we have nothing more to lose. And that automatically means we have everything to gain.

People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.

The Biblical world-view is the only one that accepts the reality of evil and suffering while giving both the cause and the purpose, while offering God-given strength and sustenance in the midst of it.

Healing is the process of accepting all, then choosing best.

The only way to live is by accepting each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.

I am here and I’m alive. That’s enough.