What I think," Chatty says, "is that if a man loves a woman more than a woman loves a man, then they're even.

Just because you have stopped sinking doesn't mean you're not still underwater.

We can only die in the future, I thought; right now we are always alive.

Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don't get all writerly: 'He opened the door.' There, it's open.

They say the smart dog obeys but the smarter dog knows when to disobey.

Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.

Wear your heart on the page, and people will read to find out how you solved being alive.

In my head there's a broken balcony I fall off of when I speak.

if it's true your life flashes past your eyes before you die, then it is also the truth that your life rushes forth when you are ready to start to truly be alive.

I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.

I want to know everything about you, so I tell you everything about myself.

The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure

The situation and the people you meet in everyday life are designed by God for your future. So follow Him because He alone knows what’s best for your well being.

In my life Why do I give valuable time To people who don't care if I live or die ?

If you cannot fix the situation may be the situation is meant to fix youu

He leaned over, catching her lowered gaze. “I’m the present, Darlin’.

These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em.

Anything under the sun is beautiful if you have the vision it is the seeing of the thing that makes it so.

A man's attire is only an outward projection of his inward self.

You better watch out, or you're going to be defeated by pessimism!

I wondered what it was like to be inside her, just a curl of flesh swimming in the darkness, the quiet things that had passed between us.