I squared my shoulders, trying to ignore the fact that I was standing in the apartment of the sea witch, wearing a fairy-tale prom gown, waiting for the attack of the mermaids.

If something happened to Gillian, I'd rip the world down to save her, even if she spat in my face when I did. That's what parenthood means.

The night-haunts never lie. They could, if they wanted to, but they don’t really see the point. The truth is so much more dangerous than a lie.

Lord I thank you for the gift of life.

My body is a cage that keeps me from dancing with the one I love, but my mind holds the key.

Nature does not compromise; a pelican is not a compromise between a crow and otter, it is just a pelican. Nature makes no compromises; any inefficient products are recalled to the manufacturer!

Few bands in hard rock history have been so adept at balancing the awesome and trivial as Van Halen in their prime.

You know you’re writing well when you're throwing good stuff into the wastebasket.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

The language of men was involved with only one hemisphere in order to leave the other free for the language of the gods.

What you have despised in yourself as a thorn opens into a rose.

What the head thinks, should be examined critically in the heart and this right decision should be carried out by the hands. This should be the primary product of the educational process.

Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form.