Thursday afternoon, the dark clouds closed in, and by Friday morning a heavy rain was falling. The mountain peaks were hazy sentinels, disappearing into misty fog that clung to the valley.

It was Red Rock Canyon. One of the most beautiful places in Waterton... in the Rockies, for that matter. And it was there, waiting for him to find it. As long as he was willing to look for it.

Sometimes, ” she whispered, her lips brushing his cheek, “you need to be lost in order to be found.

It made sense, Amanda decided. People thrived on the misfortunes of others: her mother was the perfect example of that. Can't see a car accident, she thought, for wanting to climb inside and join in.

It was like a mask had been pulled away from his face, uncovering a monster hidden beneath his friendly façade.

Trapped on a school bus for an hour each morning and each evening, she devoured book after book. She explored a hundred worlds, indifferent to her peers and the passing of the universe.

It's going to happen whether you like it or not, ” he said quietly.The top of the book dropped to display Susan's wrinkled gaze. “What's that?”“Change, ” Rich said. “It's inevitable.

He couldn't be more than forty-five, but Murray Miles was stooped, old before his time. The mountains of Alberta had the ability to bend those who lived here.That, or it broke them.

Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty.

Our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry...

And anyway, once you allowed yourself to picture such a scenario, it couldn't happen. That was just the way life went.

Man is like an island set in isolation in a fathomless sea enveloped by darkness, saying that the loneliness his self knows is so utterly absolute because even he knows not his self completely.

If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there.

[I am a co - creator], an active agent in this universe who makes things happen. If I want the world to change, I have to change it.

In our faith we follow in someone's steps. In our faith we leave footprints to guide others. It's the principle of discipleship

A wellborn mind that is practiced in dealing with people makes itself thoroughly agreeable by itself. Art is nothing else but thelist and record of the productions of such minds.

If something sticks around long enough that it makes it to seasonal D.V.D. release, I'll watch it. That's how I watched 'The Sopranos'.

That's what fashion is supposed to do to you, it's supposed to make you happy, make you excited, make you feel good.