Faith is, by its very definition, belief without proof.

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.

Hanson got to sleep with you, and I didn't, ” he said, his own jaw a little tight. “So I stole his car.

I truly believe that if you have more friends than books, you have too many friends. Or not enough books. Probably both.

When I was in Darkness, I could find my Fullness

Children and babies should be held in the most sacred regard. We feel that they're the most natural and true magicians.

I wouldn't want to live if I did not have my work. In any case, it's good that I'm already old and personally don't have to count on a prolonged future.

Coffee on an airplane always smells bad. Whenever it is served, suddenly the whole cabin stinks of it.

The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.

The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave.

The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.

I don't like the term 'black people', I find it demeaning to those of us that actually qualify as 'people'.