The book is not the important part. The book is the delivery system. The important part is the story and the talent.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Sinful heart blames.

My heart beats for you and the most precious and beautifully fated life we share together.

To be a man is to feel that one's own stone contributes to building the edifice of the world.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.

It's important to make time for yourself.

It's about the quality of the worry," I said. "I have happier worries now than I used to.

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. When something is over and done, let it go and move on to the next chapter of your life.

Beef is best served like steak: Well done, get a gun in ya face.

Being a dancer meant you nearly always thought about food.

You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.