I missed her then but it was an odd sort of missing because by then, I knew the meaning of forever.

How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.

You save yourself or you remain unsaved.

I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.

Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.

Your first kiss is destiny knocking.

You could not be filled with hate and be beautiful. Like any other girl, I wanted to be beautiful. But I was filled with hate.

I like gardening - it's a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.

I would like to tell you that I am, and you will one day be, forever safe.

She liked to imagine that when she passed the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was.

Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody.

Do you think I will suffer myself to be baffled?

You must understand: they fear you. There is nothing scarier in their minds than a girl who knows the power of her flames.

HE is a Master who may teach without it being totally labelled teaching

No judge writes on a wholly clean slate.

Some ghosts haunt you for life. The best you can do is make room on the couch and get used to living with them.

If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things.

Insanity - to have to construct a picture of one's life, by making inquiries of others.

Let us carve gems out of our stony hearts and let them light our path to love.

I had a prostatectomy in the fall and fortunately it was encapsulated and I didn't have to go through chemotherapy.