I don't want to go to the heaven that I learned about when I was a kid. To me, it seems boring.

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.

If I had known his favorite game was mental twister, I would have suggested a movie over game night.

You didn't wake up, your dreams just changed gear.

A loving woman finds heaven or hellOn the day she is made a bride

Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear

It's a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that's not the same as being responsible for something.

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas

Nerds are just deep, and neurotic, fans. Needy fans. We're all nerds, on one subject or another.

Forget the methods or the differences in methods. As long as we agree that the thing that the Afro-American wants and needs is recognition and respect as a human being.

We are all potential murderers, and we are all potential rapists and abusers.

Oftentimes, people start with something, whatever it is, and it's great, but over the years, it loses its focus or way and corners get cut. Some people are fine with that, but I'm not.