Everyone needs a hobby, he said. And everyone needs a miracle or two, just to prove life is more than just one long trudge from the cradle to the grave.

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.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

The main outcomes of your life can only resemble your frequent thoughts, decisions and actions.

Because, " she said, "when you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave.

We have yet to find a significant case where the company did not move in the direction of the chief executive's home.

The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

There can be no peace without justice and respect for human rights.

All you can possibly need or desire is already yours.Call your desires into being by imagining and feeling your wish fulfilled.

I have always advocated doing everything possible to pay off credit card balances; it's good financial management and the ticket to a strong FICO credit score.

But as much as I am personally proud for winning five championships, I'm equally proud just being part of a women's division that has gotten so much better with all these great athletes here.

The public must and will be served.