...I used to think if you read enough books you'd automatically know how to do everything the right way. But reading and doing are not the same at all.

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep.

...love at thirteen is nothing like love at eighteen.

Do you think you can wait - because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you...not ever...

I am thankful to God for the grace of being alive.

AuthorZoom- You do the writing, let us do the rest.

It takes abstract thinking to see how greed can lead to prosperity, but it takes wishful thinking to claim that violence can lead to charity.

The sky above the island was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel—which is to say it was a bright, cheery blue.

OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.

When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently.

Wounded Warriors tell me they're not just going to walk again, they're going to run, and they're going to run marathons!

I don't want to deconstruct what I do.