We didn't get that chance because I was afraid. Afraid I had no chance with you.

The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.

Everything...affects everything

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

In the end....everything matters.

It is better to listen to a crow that lives in trees than to a learned man who lives only in ideas.

If You Are Not Getting Any Kind of Negative Feedback, Than You Probably Are Not Working Hard Enough.

I could have rolled the ball up there against Musial, and he would have pulled out a golf club and hit it out.

The art of living is simply getting up after you've been knocked down.

Having children just puts the whole world into perspective. Everything else just disappears.

[T]ruth is considered profane, and only illusion is sacred

What was your name again?" "Still Eve." "No, I'm sure it's something else. That doesn't seem right.

I came from a real tough neighborhood. On my street, the kids take hubcaps - from moving cars.

The water has a Water that is driving it; The spirit has a Spirit that is Calling it.