Perfect night, wasn't it?" "It could have been." I smiled up at him. "But you were there.

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.

How you die out in me:down to the lastworn-out knot of breathyou're there, with a splinter of life.

If you cannot sleep, put the sacred energy to use. You can pray, read and write.

Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.

I can't say this strongly enough, but our feelings about ourselves are actually the most important barometer for determining the condition of our lives!

If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there.

The wise man, knowing how to enjoy achieved results without having constantly to replace them with others, finds in them an attachment to life in the hour of difficulty.

At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me.

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

Play the work with no innuendo - just honesty. Trust will follow.

You know of the how, but I know of the how-less.