Despite the company of friendship we still have ourselves to reckon with at the end of the day.

You can never recover from losing a person you love, but you can find a way to let it be part of your life rather than letting it take over every part of you

The most basic elements of our life—our birth and our death—are out of our control. People spend a lifetime trying to control these things but it’s impossible.

I don't want the world to keep turning without me on it.

we sulked and, in the finest tradition of bored soldiers, sat around throwing stones at each other.

Life is a mystery to be experienced, not solved.

Insanity is hereditary - you can get it from your children.

Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith. For without fear of the devil there is no need for God.

Back down a country road the girls are always hot and the beer is ice cold.

Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enrich every story moment without slowing the action.

I didn't want to be a sweet boy's sweet girlfriend. I wanted to be Fawn's equal, the kind of girl who stood up for herself and took care of business, who cut guys loose when it was required.

If my duty does involve heralding His law in every arena, then the Church in America is failing radically today.

A little man said to the Universe. "Sir! I exist." The Universe replied: "That's fine." Just don't think it creates any obligation on my part.