But I believe in love, you know; love is a uniquely portable magic. I don’t think it’s in the stars, but I do believe that blood calls to blood and mind calls to mind and heart to heart.

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.

A Wise Mind Makes a Wise Heart

Ricky Nelson... I couldn't believe it when he died. He was a great rock star.

A fan can be able to say what he wants, do what he wants - he pays his money.

A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into.

You should know the ins and outs [of the marriage]. So it was nice to see a little bit of background.

I don't know what you two are up to," Hobart said. "But you be careful now, you hear? Don't do anything I wouldn't do." "Well now, that doesn't restrict us very much, does it?" Mark teased back.

It seems to me after a fellow has been mutinied against three or four times, there is something to it besides bad luck.

I hate everything approaching temperamental inspiration,'sacred fire'and all those attributes of genius which serve only as cloaks for untidy minds.

That has been another interesting discovery: that basically a city [Lagos] could recover from a really deep, deep, deep pit.

A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras.