As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.

Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.

It isn't just a village. The houses aren't just places to live. Everything belongs to everybody. Everyone belongs to everyone else. Even a single person can make a difference.

I let it go. It's like swimming against the current. It exhausts you. After a while, whoever you are, you just have to let go, and the river brings you home.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

I've never been very good at leaving things behind. I tried, but I have always left fragments of myself there too, like seeds awaiting their chance to grow.

I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.

Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.

Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Vision without execution is just hallucination.

If you don't have love, you don't have anything at all.

I like beauty to be a bit edgy, not typical. For me, the only rule is looking good.

In the ten years I was president of the Teamsters, I had raised the membership from eight hundred thousand to more than 2 million and made it the largest single labor union the world.

Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.

It's fascinating to think that as soon as man came into existence, he started painting.

She’s my wife. (Stryker) Was. You seem to have forgotten an important verb tense. (Zephyra)

The world is a funny paper read backwards. And that way it isn't so funny.

Three keys to more abundant living: caring about others, daring for others, sharing with others.