I suspected, however, that I wasn't homesick for anything I would find at home when I returned. The longing was for what I wouldn't find: the past and all the people and places there were lost to me.

It is one of the strongest bonds, I think, that can spring up between people: sharing a passion for certain books and their authors.

And who's to say that just because something lasts only a short time, it has little value?

I suppose that, after the passion of love, water rights have caused more trouble than anything else to the human species.

Music is the shorthand of emotion.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

Perfect is unattainable. Better is possible.

It didn’t matter, anyway. There was only one thing she could ask for, in the end, only one real choice. She raised her eyes to the Angel’s. "Jace," she said.

I'm an environmentalist. Most of my jokes are recycled.

I always had an interest in fashion because my mom is a celebrity fashion stylist. I grew up being on set or in showrooms.

What seems over your head is always under His feet.

When we do not love, we sleep, we are children of the dust - but love, and you are a god, you are pure, as on the first day of creation.

I drink with impunity...or anyone else who invites me.