If his choice now was to risk either sunshine with a chance of rain or heatstroke with a chance of tornado, he’d go with the sunshine.

He didn’t fold his arms around her, and he didn’t hold her close. Instead, he gave her a kiss that suggested a future.

He loved her, he loved her, and until he'd loved her she had never minded being alone....

To be a scholar study math, to be a smart study magic.

Love is here.” Chamuel pointed to her chest. “If you can’t feel it, Lilly, that’s on you.

Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in.

Another one of President Barack Obama's nominees is having tax issues, which proves one thing: The Democrats like raising the taxes, but they hate paying them.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God.

That wasn't an ending. It was just a stopping point.

I'm the same boy I used to be.