I was never a fan of anything, and yet some people are fans of my books. That's a bit odd. But I like meeting them.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

Your success lies behind your choices... To get there, you must choose it and drive your dreams in that chosen direction!

He will give his life, for anything he feels has more of a right to live than he. Make no mistake, Elias. He's a Reed. It's what he does.

In its own way the kiss had been an act of murder.

Cracks make caves collapse.

Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

Much dearer be the things which come through hard distress.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

There's some brain damage, but it may be that very brain damage that allows me to do the work I do.

But it’s compounded by the fact that I love animals and feel better not eating them.

Being given chances, and not taking them. That's what life is all about.