Sometimes it's a struggle to live in the moment.

In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my thoughts. But when I open my mouth, everything collapses.

I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.

I would like my life to be a movie so I could cut to a montage.

I want a new past,new memories, a new first handshake with love. I want to start over in every possible way.

My friend "M" says the irony of being a zombie is that everything is funny, but you can't smile, because your lips have rotted off.

...wanting change is step one, but step two is taking it.

My favorite songs change every year.

You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident.

The past is made out of facts...I guess the future is just hope.

I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents.

The difficulties of life are part of life’s journey on earth. Grace is needed for endurance.

There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.

Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order.

You're not listening to the Zen master, what he is saying outwardly, but even more importantly...what he is saying inwardly.

The morning had dawned clear and cold, with a crispness that hinted at the end of summer.

I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.

Larry is back in town...The wedding is set for October. Tammy is threatening to have me in the wedding. Some friends they are.

Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.

I think that people taking drugs occasionally are great. I think there's nothing wrong with it. But if you do it the whole time, you don't produce as good things as you could.