"It doesn’t matter where I stand; whether at the front or at the back, in the middle or at the side. As long as I can get on stage and do what I love, that’s enough for me."

“When you have been to the lowest part of your life, you have no choice but to sit back and just think about things. You just pay attention to so much more.”

Source : "La'el Collins Q&A: Cowboys Rookie on Murder Investigation and Draft Plummet". Interview with Bleacher Report, bleacherreport.com.

“You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho”

“Christians are supposed to be evangelicals. And I am. I am evangelical.”

“Suddenly he stops. He looks up. For, lo, there she stands. The girl of his dreams. Who she is or whence she came, he knows not, nor does he care for his heart tells him that here, here is the maid predestined to be his bride.”

“although she went home that night feeling happier than she had ever been in her short life, she did not confuse the golf course party with a good party, and she did not tell herself she had a pleasant time. it had been, she felt, a dumb event preceded by excellent invitations. what frankie did that was unusual was to imagine herself in control. the drinks, the clothes, the instructions, the food (there had been none), the location, everything. she asked herself: if i were in charge, how could i have done it better?”

“I think that we definitely have opportunities to share our love and support with other people.”

“For above all, love is a sharing. Love is a power. Love is a change that takes place in our own heart. Sometimes it may change others, but always it changes us.”

“If the devil ever raised a garden, the Everglades was it.”

Source : James Carlos Blake (2009). “Red Grass River: A Legend”, p.1, Harper Collins