there are some things in life a person just cant know

It's important to be grateful for the gifts we have

Family is the most important thing in my life, so I guess it's not surprise that I like to write about it.

If truth were a crayon and it was up to me to put a wrapper on it and name it's color, I know just what I would call it-dinosaur skin.

As a kid I was goofy and creative and sensitive. I like to think I'm all of those now too - just with wrinkles.

As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.

That was the moment when Alice knew for sure that she and Charlie Erdling would be friends for the rest of their lives.

The answer is no, " said Melody firmly. “Undeniably, indisputably, categorically no.

Winning is not always about shining the brightest. Sometimes it's about sharing the light with someone who has been waiting in the shadows all along.

To my faithful readers, because a book is like a pie—the only thing more satisfying than cooking up the story is knowing that somebody might be out there eating it up with a spoon.

Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.

He who doesn't fear his own imagination...is not worthy to envision.

There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale.

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Forever is a really long time, you know? What do you do with forever?" "The same thing you do when you don't have forever." He smiled wanly. "Live.

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems forever, let us say, whether directly or indirectly.

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.

A good way to forget your troubles is to help others out of theirs.

How is it that we can militarily overthrow a military government like Iraq, yet we can't militarily keep illegalities (drugs and aliens) from crossing our borders?

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

If you take all your meals seriously, none of them gets a chance to matter.