The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same.

Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was, too, thought Annemarie. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel.

That's all that brave means - not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do.

Dangers were no more than odd imaginings, like ghost stories that children made up to frighten one another: things that couldn't possibly happen.

It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less danger, perhaps, but more fear.

it is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything

Some will make you Dance, some will make you Smile, and some will make your misery longer than a mile! Pleasure or Pain, the Choice is thine.

It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.

God makes the harvest to grow. But we choose the kind of seed we sow.

The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.

Sacred love is selfless, seeking not its own. The lover serves his beloved and seeks perfect communion of oneness with her.

For the most part, biophiliacs,lovers of life, are found among simple people, without pretensions.

I do not know how to distinguish between waking life and a dream. Are we not always living the life that we imagine we are?

I don't want to run around and look at a shot through a monitor. That doesn't improve what I'm trying to do. I figure, once I've done my job, it's none of my business.

Whether you're an unpublished novelist or a sixteen-time New York Times bestselling author, you can always improve your craft. You can always become a better writer.

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