Some part of me knew from the first that what I wanted was not reality but myth.

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.

The Holy Scriptures are words taught by the Spirit.

The greatest thing you do as a leader may not be what you do as a leader but who watches you do what you do.

I believe in my writing.

I never fall down. I always fight.

I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed.

As a kid I was creative.

Obama doesn't want to be called the deporter-in-chief.

Pissing off PETA is as easy as pie. Delicious kitten pie.