I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.

Charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing: like a sense of humor, if you think you've got it, you probably haven't.

...appetite turns common food into the fare of kings.

It isn't fair that there's pressure exerted on those who choose to live on the edges of the bell-shaped curve of normal.

When lost, I look for gas stations for counsel.

The way of surviving is to find meaning in suffering.

Life and death in a relationship depend on attitudes.

Plans can be like a winged horse, but their execution plods along pulling carts.

I wonder if we climb to heaven over the ruins of many cherished schemes.

Marriage is the learning of someone else's habits.

(Home) is you in things.

To see yourself and others in the darkness, be the light of courage and enlighten them.

I do not know where I am going or what I will do when I get there. I know only that to put one foot in front of the other, moves me on, away from you to a place, where I do not want to be.

It is not the cares of today but the cares of tomorrow that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet.

Look back at your life. It's always the hardest times that made you who you are.

I want to be Lon Chaney. I want to be Karloff. I want to help people escape the mundane world. I want to make their skins crawl. And I want them to love it every bit as much as I do.

When I want to treat myself, I will almost always get myself a new handbag.

What do you fear, lady?' he asked. 'A cage,' she said.

It's a wonderful thing, as a writer, to be given parameters and walls and barriers.

Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself

But then, that was the trouble with relationships generally. They had their own temperature and there was no thermostat.