Life—life—how cruel it is! Nothing but tears and sorrow and despair! Not a moment of happiness! Not a moment of joy.

The dead could only speak through the mouths of those left behind, and through the signs they left scattered behind them.

Utterly, irrevocably, lost

Some humans are so consumed with trying to control the outcomes of their own lives that they don’t have any idea the part they play in the outcome of someone else’s.

We are so rebellious that when we die our cells refuse to live a second longer. But our souls they live always....

although it has been said that idle hands are the devil's workshop, when it comes to teenagers, both idle and active hands are the devil's workshop.

Every morning when I wake up, I dedicate myself to helping others to find peace of mind. Then, when I meet people, I think of them as long term friends; I don't regard others as strangers.

I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio.

Remember that time in the minivan, twenty minutes ago, when we didn't die?

My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.

I think that Brighton, for a crime writer, is almost like a character.