The rope by which the great blocks of taxes are attached to any citizenry is simple loyalty.

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.

You're only as weak as you let yourself become, and you're only as strong as you allow yourself to be.

Nobody ever says, "Can I have your beets?

For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.

Max," Jace said. "Max, I’m so sorry.

In any matter where we have questions, we have a right to ask the Holy Spirit to lead us and to expect His gentle guiding.

I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.

The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing.

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

I think when you have a lot of jumbled up ideas they come together slowly over a period of several years.