You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go.

When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

If only…the saddest words in the English language.

"I don't want to lose you, I love you, and...and that's all I've got." As speeches went, it wasn't great. As feelings went...different story.

The love of your life won't be the man you end up with, and you'll always compare the two.

But they're family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that's what you do, Posey. Forgive.

She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing.

For the record, a mechanical engineer is responsible for how just about anything is built. We make sure any type of structure or vehicle or roadway is strong, safe and will stay together.

The librarian, the warrior, the free spirit... archetypes are a great jumping off point to help clarify where we want to go with a character.

Commandment #1: Believe in yourself. Commandment #2: Get over yourself.

Maybe love isn't just a bouquet of roses once in a while. Maybe it's just sticking it out, when it's hard, when you're mad, when you're tired.

Don't agree and believe that success comes free... Gold on the floor is a lie! You must dig deep and then you will reap big!

What's Management up to?" I whispered to Bennett."My guess is a new acronym, " he whispered. "Departmental Unification Management Business." He wrote down the ltters on his legal pad. "D.U.M.B.

​Retaining Character is the Toughest Challenge for Humans when they Level Up.

Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in... But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.

I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning-raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.

I don't want to do something that is so inside that only die-hard fans will appreciate.

Ignorant people, whispering cruel rumors, her mother whispered. Pay them no mind.

I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.

We're always given the message that our potential is so limited, which is so sad. Actually, our potential is infinite.

O, where is loyalty? If it be banished from the frosty head, Where shall it find a harbor in the earth?