See the BEAR of fearsome size! All the WORLD'S within his eyes. TIME grows thin, the past is a riddle; The TOWER awaits you in the middle.

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.

It wasn't premeditated. It was what needed to be done. So I did it.

When tomorrow comes, think tomorrow's thoughts.

Anticipation makes pleasure more intense

I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.

If somebody writes something and it's true, you're not gonna be able to prevail and get damages, hear it.

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

Donors need to know what their money is being used for.

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact.

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.