The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.

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.

My past made me a stronger and wiser person because I learned from its valuable lessons without dwelling on regrets and excuses.

Fear waters the weeds of regret.

Don't take my devils away, because my angels may flee too.

Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?

Jury - A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

You can't just say, "I'm gonna have style." You have to work at it. It's intuitive; some people have it, and some people can work on it all day long, and it will never happen.

I went to Harvard High because it was a great school. That it happened to be a military school was just a part of it. I gained from the discipline there.

To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?

Elvis is bound to be dead. Look at all the vultures in his vicinity.

To mind being disliked by a woman you don’t desire and are not married to is yet another serious failure of common sense.