Sometimes, having friends who were like family was a good thing, and sometimes, it was like having an endless supply of very nosy, very irritating siblings.

Three questions, ” I said, ticking them off on my fingers as I spoke. “One: do you have a car? Two: do you have plans tonight? And three: how fast can you drive?

The living used to wonder what happened after death. She said that whole religions were born and evolved around this one simple uncertainty.

An anti-hero is just a villain you spend a lot of time with.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

The whole inhabited earth is sacred space in which God lives, breathes, and acts.

I realize I'm a free spirit. I like to be happy. I have to have more control of my happiness.

A goal should scare you a little, and excite you a lot.

Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

I want people to smile when they hear my name. I love everyone. I want to help make it a better time for the kids after me.

Uncultivated minds are not full of wild flowers, like uncultivated fields. Villainous weeds grow in them and they are the haunt of toads.