If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.

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.

The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion

Much of your happiness and joy in life will come from your ability to get along with people –but more importantly your decision to walk in love every day.

Keeping score, in friendships, is a losing game.

Dreams come true with much work.

Everybody’s got sad stories.” Devon’s voice was as ungiving as stone. “And everyone thinks they’re so very special and broken because of them.

Everyone thinks they're living in end times. Everyone thinks their life is meaningless. It makes vanity easy.

Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

Love decreases when it ceases to increase.

Mountains represent the power of nature; plains, the love of nature!

The world doesn't owe you a living, but just when you needed it, a door was opened for you to make a difference.