There was no closing my eyes and sliding back into that blissful dream of normal. This was my normal now.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.

the worst part about being lied to is knowing you werent worth the truth

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts ... A mother has to think twice once for herself and once for her child.

You cannot do what I do for a living without having a thick skin.

I don't fear death. I'm not obsessed with it the way everybody else seems to be.

I'm gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I'm feeling that day.

I go to the studio everyday because one day I may go and the Angel will be there. What if I don't go and the Angel comes?

Seeing someone have a goal and I if can help them to succeed then it is a big draw for me.

Art is just as comprehensible as science, but in its own terms.

The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way.