Meg Gardiner is one of my favorite authors. She always delivers a terrific read. Phantom Instinct should go to the top of your 'to-be-read' pile.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

It is only the brave who win life’s rewards. Those who don’t overcome their fears are destined to fail at even the least things.

Immortality like this is about as useful as sunscreen on a submarine.

Christianity is not an insurance policy against life’s ills and troubles.

You say good-bye, and you think you'll be free. But I'll be awaiting you, in your final destiny.

No matter how outlandishly audacious your prayers might sound in your own ears, they are nothing in light of God's willingness and ability to answer.

Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten.

If we ensure access to health care and 'best practice' asthma treatment for children, especially those at high risk, there is the potential to save the health care system billions of dollars.

I've always said that gray hair looks good on everybody but yourself. To me, it makes me look old.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

Everyone wants the rich to pay more in taxes.