Sometimes in the winter, when the fog rolled in and silenced the waves, it felt as if death had its fingers around my neck. Fingers like frostbitten twigs that made me ache inside.

Monday nights always brought in the worst kind of crazy. Tonight that crazy came in the form of Paul Cross, town hermit. One of them, anyway. This was the Pacific Northwest.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

Dying's a fearful popular activity these days so we often double 'em up.

Those who don't know must learn from those who do.

Water has no hands, but carries great ships.Air has no shoulders, but carries large planes.The Sun has no eyes, but finds its way around the universe.

Loss reshapes us and teaches us to fill ourselves with something new. If we resist, we feel as you do. Hollow. Empty.

I was home-schooled 'cause I wanted to be an actor. I would spend all day watching movies, trying to get through calculus.

Axiom : Novel must have either one living character or a perfect pattern: fails otherwise.

You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.

I don't think you understand what a job really is when you're a teenager.