I thought you were all-seeing.” All-knowing, not all-seeing!” he snapped. “I’m a God, not Santa Claus!

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.

I beseech thee, O Lord, let me have understanding: For it was not my mind to be curious of the high things, but of such as pass by us daily.

There is diversity of belief but it is the same God at work.

After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over.

My bits of time play with eternity.

How can I be sure I've succeeded, if I can't remember what I was trying to do

Art in its perfection is not ostentatious; it lies hid and works its effect, itself unseen.

In general I do not draw well with literary men -- not that I dislike them but I never know what to say to them after I have praised their last publication.

They are achieving nothing, they are suffering from casualties. Those casualties are increasing, not decreasing

Christians and non-Christians have something in common. Were both uptight about evangelism.

It is easy to have a lot of paintings or projects hanging around that are 'almost done.