Ka works and the world moves on.

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.

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.

The ostrich-approach of burying your head in the sand, when confronting your areas of weakness, becomes a self-set trigger for failure.

What you want let it go., if it is truly yours, it will come back to you.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Hey, Ocean Eyes,” my father said. “Where’d you go on us?

We plant sod where God wants 2 plant seed. He's more interested in growing our character than having us look finished.

They (children) are my teachers. I watch them and I learn. It is important for us to try and be like them and imitate them. They are golden.

Self-respecting men and women think about the consequences of their actions-and are willing to take responsibility for them.

Eggs give me protein after a good work out. The cheesier, the better!

There's no point in comforting words, in telling her she'll be all right. She's no fool. Her hand reaches out and I clutch it like a lifeline. As if it's me who's dying instead of Rue.