My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.

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.

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

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.

If we could see the beauty and miracle of transformation that happens to us every second, we would never complain again.

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.

I look at my kid, and one part of me wants to keep her as my little baby. But, y'know, the bottom line is she's 18!

To remove blood stains from your conscience try frozen margaritas.

U.S. has lost a battle more important and greater than Pearl Harbor.

Everybody has their weaknesses.

More is not necessarily better. BETTER IS BETTER.

My mom is always with me. When I made my major-league debut I told her, 'That's it. You don't work anymore. I'm going to work and take care of you.

Whoever said "It's not whether you win or lose but how you play the game" is full of it! Winning makes all the difference in the world. Winning is fun. Losing is not. Losing sucks.

Just as I am not upset with somebody who has caught a cold, so too I am not upset with somebody who's caught the faith virus.