#Wise

"He rose like heroes, and I rose like rows of red roses. Love grows wherever you plant it, so I try to farm it wherever I go."

"I haven't measured it, but I'll bet cat purrs vibrate at a healing frequency. Also, a whispered I love you almost certainly resonates with heart and DNA repair."

"I’d rather have 100% of 5 than 50% of 10—especially with love."

"If somebody is not on the same page with me humor wise, I can't give them that."

"Everyone is different from each other, but that doesn’t mean everyone should be indifferent to each other."

"I can’t use my intellect to figure out how to bypass my intellect. Love lies through the spirit, not the mind, and love never lies."

"Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor."

"I used the boos, and not the booze, as motivation. That led to applause, which I drank up like an alcoholic. I need a refill."

"Whether you live to be 50 or 100 makes no difference, if you made no difference in the world."

"Like a missing tooth, sometimes an absence is more noticeable than a presence."

"Dieting is the only game where you win when you lose!"

"It takes guts to love with gusto. Most people love as if they wish they were invisible, and then they wonder why their affections go unnoticed."

"I’ll wear a maze on a necklace, dangling over my chest, because if you want to get at my heart, you have to be ready to lose yourself."

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."

"To be angry is easy, but to forgive is hard. That's why to love is easy, and to love is hard. I try to be so hard that I'm soft, like a liquid rock, fluid and forgiving, but unmovable in my resolve."

"Be memorable. Say something unforgettable. Be silent."

"To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope."

"Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone."

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

"If I waste all my charity, all I’ll wind up with in the end is the wind. Still, I think I want to be the Dandelion of Love."