no one dies happy, you can only die well

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.

Take control. You are a strong, independent woman.

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.

She teaches me that the world is made to be pounced on and enjoyed, and that there is absolutely no reason at all to hold back.

there is no politically neutral art.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

Everyone loves to dance. I've realized that's a part of what I do more and more every day.

To-morrow is ah, whose?

I was convinced that the world was in the departure and paging.

In creative endeavors luck is a skill.

Life isn't just a sequence of waiting for things to be done.