You fight so hard, so long, to cut someone out of your heart, but it’s not always your heart that betrays you.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

I wish I could make him understand that a loving good heart is riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty.

Creativity is a state of mind, a way of being, and it comes from a sacred place within.

The world laughed at any attempts we made to exist in it without pain.

Structure your thought pattern to what you want to achieve and who you want to become.

Most good thinking has its origin in fear.

Adolescence is like cactus.

I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.

[W]e are the heirs of a past of rope, fire, and murder. I for one am not ashamed of this past. My shame is for those who became so inhuman that they could inflict this torture upon us.

I often say that good crisis management is good decision-making under stress.

Pale brows, still hands and dim hair, I had a beautiful friend And dreamed that the old despair Would end in love in the end.