But forever was a useless term, relevant only for the dead.

Initially they waited with hope, but as each hour passed, hope slipped away like the wind, the wind that as a small boy Ethan had once tried to capture with his tiny fingers.

She chose the attractive room, not noticing the cloven hoof exposed beneath the ornate curtains. That decision has surely haunted her every day since, finally catching up to her.

The world to him no longer seemed a math equation but rather a complex piece of art, a masterpiece of things not easily understood.

That scream left her mouth and entered my head, where it's been ever since, sometimes waking me up at night.

I've left behind so many unfinished quilts in my life, beautiful pieces of dreams and intentions never fully assembled.

You can lock a lion up in a room, if you want to, but you'll still hear it growling and clawing to get out.

Miss Green can call a turd a rose if she wants, but that don't mean people's going to be lining up to smell it.

People create all kind of fancy watches and clocks, never stopping to realize they're building monuments to the greatest of all thieves.

You must refuse to entertain or shelter in your mind, any thought or belief that goes against your happiness and success in life.

Dark alleys, like social networks, are romantic, because you never know what might happen while I perform there every Caturday night. Cats do know, but won't tell. So don’t even ask.

I look for these qualities and characteristics in people. Honesty is number one, respect, and absolutely the third would have to be loyalty.

The lifetime we've left behind with strangers Promises and lies both have their dangers. I just can't be wrong enough and I can't hide for long enough So far away, but I still feel your pain.

You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.

The Italians are wise before the deede, the Germanes in the deede, the French after the deede. [The Italians are wise before the deed, the Germens in the deed, the French after the deed.]

Success is something that has to be earned every day.

Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.

The TARP program was nevertheless necessary to keep banks from collapsing in a cascade of failures.

As long as I'm not taking a penalty we will be OK. But if it's like two years ago I will need a doctor.