You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well.

Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!

We have our dreams because without them we could not bear the truth.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

we have so much to say, and we shall never say it.

Never do anything complicated when something simple will serve as well. It's one of the most important secrets of living.

For a moment I had a strange intuition that just this, and in a real, profound sense, is life; and perhaps happiness even - love with a mixture of sadness, reverence, and silent knowledge.

Everyone saves someone at least once. Just as he kills someone at least once. Even though he may not know it.

Anything you can settle with money is cheap.

Life is a disease, brother, and death begins already at birth. Every breath, every heartbeat, is a moment of dying - a little shove toward the end.

I know a lot of writers, and everyone works differently, but this is something that we truly have in common across all genres - the fiction has to be real inside your head.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

I'm not a perfectionist. I'm just very observant.

Decide carefully, exactly what you want in life, then work like mad to make sure you get it!

I worked hard, but I was lucky the right people happened to see my work.

My favorite part of any baseball book - and I read a lot of them - is the anecdotes. I believe there is a story within every boxscore and for me - the more outrageous the better!

Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you.

You need to get to the future, ahead of your customers, and be ready to greet them when they arrive.

God tells me that My happy heart Increases the beauty Of His universal Heart.

I used to live an isolated existence, even in relationships, but now my family knows me for who I really am. Mostly, that's a good thing.