He wished he could arrange a maiming as a kind of moral lesson

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

Everyone should have a form of a diary it’s a great release Most people’s Diaries are called "My Diary" Mines called "Conversations with Me".

If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on the planet.

God gives us power to bear all the sorrows of His making; but He does not give us power to bear the sorrows of our own making, which the anticipation of sorrow most assuredly is.

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

We can solve any problem by introducing an extra level of indirection.

Even if you don't release it, find a scream. It's so liberating. You can do anything then. It’s like you can fly. It gives you superpowers.

I tell you in truth: all men are Prophets or else God does not exist.

Once upon a time when there was no time.

I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth." "How can you be sure?" "Because she'd do the same for you.

Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift.