"So basically, that entire theory is blown to hell."Not basically," Win corrected. "Entirely."

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought.

May the Lord grant you, your every desire.

I'm financially ugly.

You’re not really grown until you’ve lost your heroes.

How I choose to look at any situation will greatly affect whether I have the power to change it or make matters worse.

Rabbits live close to death and when death comes closer than usual, thinking about survival leaves little room for anything else.

There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should it try to.

The streets of hell are paved with good intentions.

Body is an unreal dream, and we think we are all bodies.

If I have a dry spell ... I wait and live harder, eyes, ears, and heart open, and when the productive time comes, it is that much richer.