The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.

I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)

Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?

When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.

I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.

Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.

Losing someone close to you is more haunting than a life of cursed solitude.~The Moon Master

The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever.

I'll fight anybody who grabs the rope to hang themselves.

...it is business that can exercise the fastest degree of change by seeing the opportunity rather than the threat

The argument of danger only applies to those who live in relative safety.

When God picks out a man and speaks to him, it is to engage him in a work, an action. Nowhere in Scripture do we find indeterminate or purely mystical vocation.

I love dessert. I can't be guilty about it because I have to taste everything. I experiment.

But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.

Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.

I want it to be remembered that Ozzy was the first celebrity who was brave enough to open up his private life to the public. He was the first.