I want to say that I really appreciate that readers are willing to work with my tendency to write in several different genres and for different age groups.

Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter.

Happiness is a choice.

He tipped her head up. "Don't give up. Don't leave me before you're even here.

you are my life now. this"_he waved a hand dismissively around him at the club-"the fey, everything, it all falls into place once you accept me" -kennan

Chase away sorrow by living

He looked good, like sin in a suit.

We are what we are, neither a good or as bad as others paint us. And what we are doesn't change how truly we feel, only how free we are to follow those feelings.

Choose to be happy. It is what we have all done.

I'd stop anyone from taking that smile from you. I would, if I were allowed.

Mortals are such fragile things. Just tender feelings walking around exposed in their delicate shells...Easy to crush.

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which.

For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until the election.

I’m sorry, ’ I whispered. I didn’t know whether I was sympathizing with her broken heart or apologizing for a family who had had theirs broken, too.

Where everyone wants to be a leader, it makes one a follower to want to be a leader, and a leader to know what to follow.

The ashes of the past drift away on the winds of the future. ~ Ryan Mark, Author

Women's Tongues are as sharp as two-edged Swords, and wound as much, when they are anger'd.

I'm not a "conservative" because I see precious little left in this world worth conserving. Playing defense, it seems to me, can only forestall an inevitable slide into tyranny.

Living your yoga is not just doing it, but being it.

I hope to have some more cracks at some wonderful roles before I go to the Great Beyond.

To win this league, the toughest league in the country, and to be outright champs is a tribute to their effort. It's a great lesson in life for our guys. It shows anything is possible.