Love isn't soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.

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.

If you work hard and get help from good friends, together you can overcome almost any challenge, no matter how great.

Sports are sports. Its all about how we carry ourselves out of the ring.

It doesn't count if your swing is going the highest if you're getting pushed.

Marriage laws, the police, armies and navies are the mark of human incompetence.

I love Chicago, but I didn't think I had enough soul to be a Cubs fan.

Don't miss understand me, I'm not getting soft, all I want is a couple days off.

If I say things like I'm going to erase someone's Social Security number, we all know I clearly don't work at the Social Security office.

You learn a lot from your customers, and when your customers are also your owners, you learn even more.

I see in the papers where Roy Guthrie committed suicide. Why, I wonder?

I love Mary Poppins - when I was little I was obsessed with it.