A flower may be beautiful all on its own, but a person is never truly beautiful unless someone's eyes show him that he is beautiful.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

I could marry the Devil himself if he had some money.

I wanted to, um, apologize for earlier. I can't believe I did that. I didn't think it could be real and—” “Didn’t think what could be real?” …Your penguin.

No one blames her." "That never matters," said Alec. "Not when you blame yourself.

Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.

According to recent opinion polls, a large majority of Iraqis believe that the U.S. military has no intention to leave Iraq, and that it would stay even is asked by the Iraqi government to leave.

I tried to write with someone else once before, but it was not successful.

Everyone must be a missionary, everyone can hear that call of Jesus and go forth and proclaim the Kingdom!

Sometimes there's a vacuum that has to be covered.

its not in my nature to go down without a fight even when things seem insurmountable

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.