She wore white heirloom lace about her throat And in her hair a bright golden feather A pearl like a plum hung ripe from her neck But her smile fetched ten gold together

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.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.

The word love has always tasted like the scent of fresh ink and soft paper to me. Like a newly written poem.

There is no single way to train, or do anything well. You have to keep thinking, keep doing things.

The wind in ones face makes one wise.

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.

Sometimes when I'm healthier on a big day, I feel better about myself.

I'm very proud of my pro-life record, and I've always adopted the idea that, the position that the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life.

Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.