He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

It struck him that there is a beautiful symmetry to life.

What does an introvert do when he's left alone? He stays alone.

You get what you're good enough to take.

If there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute.

A high civilization is a pyramid: it can stand only on a broad base; its primary prerequisite is a strong and soundly consolidated mediocrity.

There are no roads in all Bohemia !

People need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live

A romantic striving for an impossible ideal.

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals.