Nice Kerrick was scarier than Mean Kerrick.

There is a reason for everything. You might not be able to figure it out, and time might have made us all forget it, but the reason is there all the same.

Positive thoughts lead to positive results.

Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.

But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.

Everyone makes choices in life. Some bad, some good. It's called living, and if you want to bow out, then go right ahead. But don't do it halfway. Don't linger in whiner's limbo.

I’ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed.

I offer my heart, entrust my soul and give my life to you.

Love trumps logic?" "Every time.

Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints.

You can't let the past ruin your future.

I look into your eyes and I’m sure that some divine artist dipped her brush in the same soul and used it to paint us both.

Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.

I don't do all of this as an indulgence. I do it because I'm not a good enough actor to not do it.

Genius or fool, you don't live in the world alone. You can hide underground or you can build a wall around yourself, but somebody's going to come along and screw up the works.

John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.

'Goals' and 'caps' on carbon emissions are practically worthless, if coal emissions continue, because of the exceedingly long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the air.

Faith is the capacity of the soul to perceive the abiding, the invisible in the visible.

I have a database of all my works that I maintain to keep track of works and editions.

The Eleventh Plague hits disturbingly close to home An excellent, taut debut novel.

Rather than ask, What is the attitude of a work to the relations of production of its time? I should like to ask, What is its position in them.