A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

...so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty.

Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God.

The word is my weapon. FIRE!

You are a gold mine of potential power. You have to dig to find it and make it real.

Life is for memories, full of fun, with friends, families and joyful sun.

If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!

So not even death can stop my mother from seeking the annihilation of her own flesh and blood.

I'm an enormous fan of Ron Howard. I mean, he's the most extraordinary director.

Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him.

I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure.