Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

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.

We are drawn to greatness because there's something about the greatness in others that speaks to us about our own possibilities.

Nature is a picture waiting to be taken.

I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare but I can write a book by me.

Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

If you want to be loved, love and be loveable.

A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied

In football you sometimes have beauty and cruelty together.

A smart man can't beat a hardworking man and a hard working man can't beat a happy working man.