Nobody ever really sees me the way I am, underneath everything. But she did. She does.

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Help your child see others' emotions as well as experiencing his or her own without imposing your judgment.

Rules, laws and codes become obsolete among the self-governed.

There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.

China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. .

I believe that Reverend [Florine] Thompson's hit on something. My parents, I and a lot of my friends growing up in that community had tremendous drive.

"You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive.

I think my songwriting might be a little more on the darker side maybe.

I'm pretty darn happy with my day job.

I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.