You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there’s always a bloody show.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Don't let bad feelings follow you from day to day. Let each day be a new start for better times.

Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.

A relativist is an individual who doesn't know the difference between an adjective and an adverb.

There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family.

In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

For the sick it is important to have the best.

Work honestly and build, build, build. That's all I can tell you.

Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.

But surely we are not allowed..." "Allowed?" I counters. "We're allowed to do anything in this world until someone says we ain't allowed and that someone can back it up.

England really is the birthplace, the heart and soul of football. If Barcelona had Liverpool's fans, or Arsenal's, or United's, we'd have won 20 Champions Leagues, hahaha!