Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.

Cleavage is great," she said. "Like an extra pocket.

We judge others according to our image ofperfection as well, and naturally they fall short of our expectations.

The greater the truth the greater the libel.

I think I've far exceeded what I ever thought I could possibly do. I'm almost shocked that I'm still around after all of these years . . . and always grateful that I get another turn to do something.

Paths are so much clearer when people stop looking at what everyone else is doing and instead concentrate on themselves ~Gabe

I'm always weeping at something or other.

I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

Strangely, I feel that I become increasingly reclusive in my normal life and more open and candid in my music.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

People will not lend you a hand until you first touch their hearts.

I wouldn't know how to think inside the box because I don't even know where it is. I wouldn't know how to do it any other way.