I thought about being a teacher for three thousand years. It wouldn’t have made my Top Ten Things to Wish For list.

He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die!

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

It's funny how humans can wrap their mind around things and fit them into their version of reality.

Humans see what they want to see.

Earthshaker, Stormbreaker, Father of Horses. Hail, Perseus Jackson, Son of the Sea God

Go on with what your heart tells you, or you will lose all.

The real world is where the monsters are.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

i held it up, and tried to channel happy dog thoughts toward Cerberus- Alpo commercials, cute little puppies, fire hydrants.

The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.

To create peace, be a soldier of peace with a pen not a soldier of war with a gun.

I'm very open about the fact that I'm a big fan of day drinking. I also love cooking. I cook all day, and I have to have something in my hand while I'm doing that.

Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence.

Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz].

Life is a tightrope between two errors: generalizing the wrong particular and particularizing the wrong general.

Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.

Every character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least, for me, there isn't.

I like to dirt bike ride, four wheeler, go-kart.

American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.