He swatted at her with his book. "Shut up and read, will you?"He lay back down and closed his eyes. Emma glanced over to check that he was smiling, and smiled too.

You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.

This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.

No, friends were like clothes: fine while they lasted but eventually they wore thin or you grew out of them.

The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall of a cell.

Dexter, I love you so much. So, so much, and I probably always will. I just don't like you anymore. I'm sorry.

Call me sentimental, but there's no-one in the world that I'd like to see get dysentery more than you

You're gorgeous, you old hag, and if I could give you just one gift ever for the rest of your life it would be this. Confidence. It would be the gift of confidence. Either that or a scented candle

A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck.

If you're my friend I should be able to talk to you but I can't, and if I can't talk to you, well, what is the point of you? Of us?

Maybe we've grown out of each other.

In your love I dive to find the nectar of life.

Make a change! It's all about you! You may not be able to prevent the bird from flying over your head

Like Solzhenitsyn, I shall return, one bright dusk.

Humor is healing.

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

Acceptance is usually more a matter of fatigue than anything else.

President Bush called Arnold to congratulate him today, and after he got off the phone, Arnold said, 'I thought my English was bad.'

I closed the box and put it in a closet. There is no real way to deal with everything we lose.

Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.

Some People Like a House with A Fire Place, Others want a House they can set on Fire!