Their attention was focused on the strange kid who wore black eyeliner and dressed as if every day was a funeral.

Soon he would be able to touch her, to feel the warmth of her blood. When the time came, nothing would stop him.

Smiles were rare in this house. Smiles had to be bought and paid for.

The best way of keeping a low profile was to immerse himself in the mundane. Act like them, talk like them. A smile, a joke was all it took - at least during the day. The night was his own.

You must realize that whenever you waste a second you are wasting life. If you waste a minute, you have wasted life and if you waste an hour, you have wasted life.

When Christianity takes itself seriously, it must either renounce or master the world.

Force and not opinion is the queen of the world but it it opinion that uses the force.

My goal is to show girls that I'm fighting so they don't have to, so they don't have to fight the same battles, so they don't have to fight for wage equality or whatever it may be.

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents.

Because a garden mean constantly making choices, it offers almost limitless possibilities for surprise and satisfaction.

I am a guy who likes to do what I am doing with passion, whether it's a soccer match with friends or golf.

Writers acquire their technique by spotting, savoring, and reverse-engineering examples of good prose.

Hope is a delusion; no hand can grasp a wave or a shadow.

People are people. Don't be afraid of them.