Nothing cuts deeper than when another person says exactly what you're afraid to say out loud.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

Play in curiosity is where everything happens.

Kids can handle a lot more than you think they can. It's when they get to be grown up that you have to start worrying.

I liked all of my science classes from biology to chemistry. I thought dissecting was one of the most interesting parts of it.

When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors.

Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit.

In a church of my own we're perfect together I recognize you in the stained glass.

Any guy afraid to die was a guy who was afraid to live.

Between God and the soul there is no between.

If language did not affect behavior, it could have no meaning.

It is easier to add to a great reputation than to get it.