He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!" "As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others.

The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.

I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

Let the world feel your compassion: Help save kidnapped Yazidi females!

The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.

I hate traveling and being away from my family. But I like meeting my readers, as what I write is actualized in them. Those encounters are exhilarating to me.

At least I sure hope it will - and I see good signs all the time, especially in things like the rise of local agriculture.

As you get older, though, you realize there are fire extinguishers. You do have an ability to control the flames.

I know you can't please everybody; you can't make everybody happy, but just getting that perception that I don't care about basketball and what it brings is a lie.

Somehow it just don't seem fittin' for a bridegroom to spend his weddin' night in a tree.

A soul, therefore, when deprived of the Word of God, is given up unarmed to the devil for destruction

Generosity and gratitude are inseparably linked.

Football is a game of cliches, and I believe in every one of them.