I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.

A heart that hurts is a heart that works.

Baseball is more than a game. It's like life played out on a field.

I don't really care about money. I find money boring and accounting boring, so I'm probably not going to ever make a lot of money.

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

As long as there are religions, there are going to be people who are hiding their rottenness behind the veil of religion.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

The way I see it, all the popular singers are strippers.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

It makes me feel good to have some comforting effect on someone that needs comfort.

I'm not a very good advice-giver.

Sometimes, Anu, we have to take actions that make us sad because it's the right thing to do for the future.

Even if your world seems to be falling apart, you can be confident in that you are in His hand of grace.

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine too decent too old.

Worry is the sin we're not afraid to commit.

The sad thing is that, for many writers of fantasy fiction, the inclusion of magic seems to mean that logical ramifications and real-world laws both go out the window.

I spent 22 years in the United States military, so I'm a pretty strategic level thinker.

Even a painful longing is some form of presence.

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

The wizards represent all that the true 'muggle' most fears: They are plainly outcasts and comfortable with being so. Nothing is more unnerving to the truly conventional than the unashamed misfit!

It's not a one time heroic moment but is living each day with bravery.