Almost nine years later, I know that stars don’t burn forever, and even the brightest can shatter into a million, burning sparks before falling from the sky.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

So I put up with bad behavior in the name of loving the way I thought you were supposed to love.

We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.

Authentic acts of goodness set you free

What's interesting to me, is a moving someone through time; in a way, history is part of my landscape. And it fascinates me that history can be so easily reflected in what happens today.

Whatever fame a novelist my attain, it's always kind of an anonymous one. I can go anywhere, and no one knows who I am.

I've been very happy with all the teams I've played for. They all treated me very well.

Writing is the toughest thing I've ever done.

Being Canadian and from Winnipeg, I have the spirit of a dreamer because of the cold, and being in the basement thinking of possibilities of where else I can be in the world, in a good way!

Granny Weatherwax was not a good loser. From her point of view, losing was something that happened to other people.