She could live without her past. She was better off without her past. But Ian couldn’t live without his heart.

Quickly, Ian learned the danger of holding her. Once he allowed his arm around her, letting her go was nearly impossible.

I love you more than piranhas love chicken wings.

The future is a split second away.

I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love.

Nobody loves a policeman until he needs one.

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

The people who send us fan mail written in blood say the nicest things, so it doesn't freak us out too much.

In any dispute, each side thinks it's in the right and the other side is demons.

I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

The lightning spark of thought generated in the solitary mind awakens its likeness in another mind.

Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed!