Even at eleven, he had observed that things turned out right a ridiculous amount of the time.

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.

Failure is a sign post, directing the right road for life’s journey.

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

She was infamous once upon a time. She's legendary now. The girl is a definite force to be reckoned with, though perhaps she doesn't know it yet.

Faith is two empty hands held open to receive all of the Lord

The most fruitful and the most joy-filled Christians are the most pruned Christians.

Communication is not saying something; communication is being heard.

I am walking today because of chiropractic care I received years ago. I predict a great future for the science of chiropractic.

Cash is very easy to hide. It's easy to hoard. It's easy to move, especially these large bills.

I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.