That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.

We’re gonna make up for that. We’re gonna live a long time together.

Do you dare journey into the wild places of your heart?

Haris...as a naive migrantwho just moved here, relying on you tapered worries.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.

The world is my workshop. It is not my home.

A pipe in the mouth makes it clear that there has been no mistake-you are undoubtedly a man.

Heaven can wait, but I cannot. I cannot take for granted that time is on my side.

We're still expected to color within the lines of accepted femininity, and women who step out of those lines are usually attacked, whether verbally or physically.

I didn't like children. I didn't think of myself as a child. I didn't like any of the things other children were interested in.

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.