I can't do this anymore," I cried, "Why won't you just leave me alone?" Because you would never leave me.

He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it.

And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.

—I don't want to lose you —Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

From a little spark may burst a mighty flame.

The foolish wish to speak out what was spoken in secret by the master.

Collaboration is far more powerful than competition. Do not think that only if you are pushed to the wall, you will do your best.

Branding jails corporate America but honesty sets entrepreneurs free.

Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed.

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.

Oh, to be alive in such an age, when miracles are everywhere, and every inch of common air throbs a tremendous prophecy, of greater marvels yet to be.

So, you are very welcome to our house. It must appear in other ways than words, Therefore, I scant this breathing courtesy.