The heart has its own laws... and the truth is... the truth is that you are the law of mine.

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.

She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart.

We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.

The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down.

One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares.

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.

You'd never killed anyone. Then you had.

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

Ice is for death and endings.

By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.

Mother's Eden: Does your Matthew... Well, does he make you feel as if he just handed you a handful of Stars?Eden: He make me feel as if he handed me the moon as well, Mama. Maybe the whole universe.

Sometimes the choices others make take ours from us. Do you understand?

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

You should keep a photograph of Mick Lyons on the mantlepiece to keep children away from the fire

Emotions, particularly anger, are like fire. They can cook your food and keep you warm, or they can burn your house down.

Beginning on day one, our administration went to work to tackle challenges.

Everyone complains of his memory, and nobody complains of his judgment.

I write to entertain. When people read one of my books I want them to finish with a smile on their faces, feeling a little bit better about themselves and the people in their lives.

I got paid a lot of money at one point so the focus became, for a lot of people, about that, but for me, it's always been the same goal: To stop the world for people.

And that was the closest I've ever come to an epiphany.