I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.

How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.

You save yourself or you remain unsaved.

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.

Your first kiss is destiny knocking.

You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

I would like to tell you that I am, and you will one day be, forever safe.

She liked to imagine that when she passed the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was.

Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.

Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.

You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.

I am not smart, I pay attention.I am not considerate, I listen.I am not patient, I make time. I’m not lucky, I work hard.

Tales of triumph are my favourite.

When I was five years old, me and my cousin got into a fistfight because when "That's the Way (I Like It)" came on the radio, he said, "That's my song," and I said, "No, that's my song."

I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.

Language usage always has a political context.

Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what's been on your mind so you can think about what you've been thinking about.

Politicians never live up to all the hopes that we invest in them but I think he [Barack Obama] has made America a different country.

I was nine when I first knew I wanted to be a writer, in particular, a poet.

Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously, to answer wisely, to consider soberly, and to decide impartially.