When she finally pulled away from him—much to Aley’s stuttering forward reluctance—he wanted only to echo Aley’s words: “Oh! Do it again.

He had lovely eyes, really—not assessing, at all, but big and dark and…waiting.

Everyone's a little crazy. Some people just hide it better than others.

It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins.

Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself.

If my wife made childhood obesity her mission and I signed a law making 1/8 cup of tomato paste a vegetable, I'd be sleeping on the sofa.

The only thing that frightens me a little is when I'm called Kevin rather than Fred, but that's how people have known me for so many years. So, I can't really blame them.

Indeed it may be only by risking the incoherence of identity that connection is possible.

The truth remains. I was, and am, disgusted with myself.

I am in favor, heartily in favor, of our Constitution and Bill of Rights and I owe my allegiance to my country at all times.

When I turned to writing fantasy, and writing for young people, it was joyous. It was like discovering an underground lake of ideas that went on forever.

When you set a goal, write it down and then it's like making a promise to yourself.