Then I kissed Max because I loved him, and everyone I had ever loved before had gone away and I had never kissed them goodbye

Sometimes words come out of me and I don't know where they come from or why. They're like falling stars tumbling through the universe; bright, burning things that can't be stopped.

You might think what I tell you next is all a dream, or that I've imagined it. I can't help it if that's what you think, but I swear it's true. Sometimes the truest things are the hardest to believe.

Sometimes I can see colour without opening my eyes. I saw that Billy's heart was no colour and every colour. Like water or diamonds or crystals, it's pure and reflects the light.

Books are many things: lullabies for the weary, ointment for the wounded, armour for the fearful and nests for those in need of a home.

I didn't know what to say when someone's given you a small free kiss in the dark.

Running away was easy; not knowing what to do next was the hard part.

When the doors closed behind me I felt like a bird had got inside my chest and was beating its wings trying to get loose, and it wasn't leaving much room for me to breathe.

I wasn't going to let things happen to me any more. I was going to make them happen.

I don't make promises in case I can't keep them. Sometimes you can't help it; things stop you.

I saw pearls in her mouth and the velvet cushion of her tongue and I heard the magic words come out of her.

Daily meditation promotes self confidence, peace of mind and strong faith in God.

You carry the weight of the preternatural world on those big shoulders of yours. But your heart is even bigger, and the burden you harbor there heavier.

you are the mysterious fire at my finger tips

It's a beautiful thing, diving into the cool crisp water and then just sort of being able to pull your body through the water and the water opening up for you.

I've been into horror movies ever since I was five years old.

Heaven is not a figment of imagination. It is not a feeling or an emotion. It is not the "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." It is a prepared place for a prepared people.

Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself; 'Are all the disciplines that I'm currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?'

Punk rock isn't something you grow out of Punk rock is an attitude, and the essence of that attitude is 'give us some truth'

Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.

The books that have helped me most are the ones I reacted to, not just read