No one can be as intellectually slothful as a really smart person

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.

This is for you. A mage named Randal told me to give it to the Band if you ever came back. 'It surmounts evil,' he told me, 'keeps doom at bay.'

When you hear that your neighbor or friend has reproached you in your absence or presence, then show love and praise him.

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while.

Ah. In my experience, when people say they don't know whether they love someone, they usually mean no.

I hate imitation jewelry, dark lipstick and most of all a shrill voice. This has spoiled many a picture of feminine loveliness.

Every actor hopes that the character that they're playing continues to be a challenge throughout their tenure of their show.

A day in the life of Ronnie Coleman mainly consists of eating, training or sleeping.

When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.

Immortal Spenser, no frailty hath thy fame but the imputation of this idiot's friendship!

You had some unexpected help. You had help from God! Essentially, it became a handicap match! Me vs you and God!