And the most terrifying question of all may be just how much horror the human mind can stand and still maintain a wakeful, staring, unrelenting sanity.

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.

The most popular labor saving device is still money.

Let's be honest. Canada wasn't ever cool.

The Tort Tax adds to the cost of everything we buy because businesses and manufacturers have to cover themselves and their employees - just in case they get sued by a greedy personal injury lawyer.

All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.

Plan to throw one (implementation) away; you will, anyhow.

Being a high school teacher was wonderful, but unsustainable: I needed a way out.

The people of Southwest have always been my pride, my joy and my love. Their indomitable dedication and esprit de corps have taken Southwest from a three-airplane dream to a 500-airplane reality.

Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.