If the stuff you're writing is not for yourself, it won't work.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn't matter only feelings matter. If they could make me stop loving you-that would be the real betrayal.

When you realize there is something you don't understand, then you're generally on the right path to understanding all kinds of things.

Maybe I hold on for too long, but maybe you don’t hold on for long enough?

Ignorance is more than bliss, it is a recipe for potential disaster.

Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

Stop your grinnin and drop your linen

Stick to your values in all circumstances.

'Tis expectation makes a blessing dear.

I hate the moon. I hate tides and earthquakes and volcanoes. I hate a world where things that have absolutely nothing to do with me can destroy my life and the lives of people I love.

I have priorities. Maintaining my daughter is my first.