She put a wedge beside my heart And then she brought the mallet down She sang no song to guide her work I lost my heart without a sound

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

I'll go, " he said."And that's safer because?""I'm a guy.""Right, and having a pair of dingle balls makes you invincible how?

Peanut butter is the pate of childhood.

You truly help others working on yourself. Remember that the only power you have is over your own choices. You simply have no power to choose for others unless they allow you to.

Well, bloody noses." I hug his coat tighter. "Those are definitely hot.

My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.

It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.

I like diversity; I want one character to be very different from the next. I love to live with a character for a long time if I can, but I like one character to be different from the next.

The world doesn't owe you a living, but just when you needed it, a door was opened for you to make a difference.

Knowing God is your single greatest privilege as a Christian

Gratitude is heaven itself; there could be no heaven without gratitude.