We must be what we are, or we become our enemies.

There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.

She was owner and captive, both, of a bitterly divided heart.

We salvage what we can, what truly matters to us, even at the gates of despair.

The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down.

One didn't stop to talk with creatures from one's nightmares.

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.

You'd never killed anyone. Then you had.

What man would dare believe that all he planned might come to pass?

Ice is for death and endings.

By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.

The soul is beautiful and blissful.

Living is not enough

Thoughts are strange creatures. They lead you from one thing to another. Sometimes you don’t know how you got from one to the next.

Pride is seldom delicate: it will please itself with very mean advantages.

It's funny because I went to a predominantly white school, but for some reason they always picked the musicals that were supposed to be done by totally black casts.

I can't establish the veracity of what people say because only they know whether they are telling the truth. I can't look into your mind, can I?

We can only imagine what would happen to our health care and to the quality of our health care here in North Dakota if we took the federal government out of health care.

To obey the Lord unseen—in secret—is the foundation of genuine godly service.

When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, "Love you but no."

Rules are what the artist breaks; the memorable never emerged from a formula.