Taylor: what do you hear? Daisy: Nothing but rain

Long-haired Chihuahuas have no notion they are bite-sized.

My major vice is sarcasm with a side of caffeine addiction.

When your family is twice as weird as normal, you have to be twice as polite to authority, because authority hates weird.

That was easy for him to say when his cell phone was rounding third base. If anyone got a home run tonight, I didn't want it to be Verizon Wireless.

Faith isn't absence of doubt. It's belief without proof, not without question.

Don’t ever trust anyone who’s writing a book. They make up lies for a living.

She was the only creature in the world who would really care if something happened to me, even if it was only because I was the bringer of kibble.

How about this?" I said, because now it was the principle of the thing. "I'm sorry, jackass.

Focus, Amy. Just because he looked great in the saddle did not mean he wasn't an axe murderer.

"Oh My God," I blurted, grabbing onto Phin as we faced the open bedroom door. "It's the axe murderer." "I doubt he would knock," she said, but she was whispering, too, and didn't move away from me.

Commitment mixed with drive and sprinkled with imagination creates sustained results. Stay focused and you will make your mark!

Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.

The better you look, the more you see.

The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last.

I want in your life, Elle. All the way in.

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning—raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.

The new is older than the old; And newest friend is oldest friend in this: That, waiting him, we longest grieved to miss One thing we sought.

Happiness is a skill, emotional balance is a skill, compassion and altruism are skills, and like any skill they need to be developed. That's what education is about.

Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives