The sun came through the branches of the tree above her, and Ruth looked up past them. "I think she listens," she said, too softly to be heard.

How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.

You save yourself or you remain unsaved.

I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.

Your first kiss is destiny knocking.

You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

I would like to tell you that I am, and you will one day be, forever safe.

She liked to imagine that when she passed the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was.

Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.

Eating healthy is expensive. Not eating healthy is expensive. One dents your pocket. The other dents your health.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I give you bitter pills in sugar coating. The pills are harmless: the poison is in the sugar.

In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings.

All beings exist ultimately in a condition of inner enlightenment. Enlightenment is in all things.

The only people that a bank will loan money to is the very people who don't need it.

The idea of the record is that it's a statement for working with a group, of a collaborative work. That should be visible in the music.

I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect.

I hope the car they (Sport Magazine who awarded it to the World Series MVP) give him (Brooks Robinson) has an extra large glove box.

He thinks too much. Such men are dangerous.