Oddly enough, I find the best hostages are the live ones. - Karl

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.

Manga endings might always be the same. However when it comes to real life, neither you nor I are readers. We are the writers. We can change the ending.

It is never too late to begin again. It is never too late to change and live again.

We expect more from technology and less from each other.

Man needs only a small patch of earth for his pleasures, and a smaller one still to rest beneath.

We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the covenants.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

You do a little more of a record album these days. See I just wanted to put a few songs in Beaches and we did very well. The album of Beaches went gold.

Indiscretion, rashness, falsehood, levity, and malice, produce each other.

If you intend to create something that people will observe and listen to, you've got to listen to them first.

Promoting job creation and economic growth in the Hudson Valley is one of my top priorities in Congress.