Judy shook her head when she saw me the next day, dressed in the same clothes I had worn to work the day before. “We used to call that the walk of shame, ” she said.

While I was not entirely satisfied with the circumstances of my existence, I felt like the possibility of improvement still existed. That I could make happiness happen.

It was to apologize, and apologizing means he remembers what happened, and that means being trapped in a nightmare that’s already come true.

Nouns and verbs are the guts of the language. Beware of covering up with adjectives and adverbs.

There is no hope of joy except in human relations.

Sometimes, life isn't about what you want to do but what you ought to do.

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

You have a great God who loves you and cares about you. Be full of hope that something good can happen to you. God is a master at new beginnings. He loves fresh beginnings, He makes all things new.

After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?

It warms the blood, adds luster to the eyes, and wine and love have ever been allies.

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting.