But his words fall away. He looks confused. He looks flustered and sorry. Like you do when you run up to someone you think you know and take her arm and she turns around and you were wrong.

Because beautiful things never last. Not roses nor snow… And not fireworks, either

Meet me where the sky touches the sea. Wait for me where the world begins.

Why is it that weeks and months and years go by so quickly, all in a blur, but moments last forever?

I know it is a bad thing to break a promise, but I think now that it is a worse thing to let a promise break you.

Yeah. Sure. My brother's dead. My mother's insame. Hey, let's have a crepe.

Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.

For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.

History is a Rorschach test, people. What you see when you look at it tells you as much about yourself as it does about the past.

Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.

We're not punished for our sins, lad. We're punished by them.

Let's not cry about it, shall we, Marcy? Let's pray about it instead. A Passion Most Pure

Oh God Angel, " he whispered. "There's only one monster here." ~Sade~

Writing mirrors the interior self. You know, any book is like the perfect blueprint of the psyche of the author.

The purpose of faith isn't always to keep us from having trouble. It is often to carry us through trouble. If we never had any trouble, we wouldn't need any faith.

For the last 12 years, I've felt really privileged to be living such a normal life. It's so a part of who I am.

A new calling can beckon us away from comfortable routine and from competencies already acquired.

Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay.

It amazes me how much of what passes for knowledge in cancer therapy turns out to be incomplete, inadequate, and anecdotal.

The days followed one another patiently. Right back at the beginning of the multiverse they had tried all passing at the same time, and it hadn't worked.

A queen, devoid of beauty is not queen; She needs the royalty of beauty's mien.