Each book is a mind alive, a life revealed, a world awaiting exploration, but living people are all those things, as well—and more, because their stories haven’t yet been completely told.

Words are the wellspring of the world, and language is the most powerful weapon in the ancient and still unfolding war between truth and lies.

One thing a man must have: either a naturally light disposition or a disposition lightened by art and knowledge.

Every time you ask for forgiveness, you declare that your life does not belong to you, but has been created for the purpose of Another.

Be careful, Hally.""Of what? The truth? I seem to be the only one around here who is prepared to face it.

Please let there be another life. I need a real taste of forever with you. This ... this isn't long enough.

You know, I've never done karaoke, ever. It makes me nervous - I think it's the lack of the guitar and just a microphone.

I like how I'm able to be curvy and beautiful and represent that in media, because I don't think it's shown often enough.

The paintings live because their creator has been passionately attentive to their theme, and his attention has left something for us to look at. It seems a sort of miracle.

Counting the ones I've co-edited, I guess about 28 or 29 [books I've written].

Take care that no one hates you justly.

So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like young Lochinvar.