Promises are lies wrapped in pretty ribbons -Cinnamon

Now climb, young grasshopper, so your Kung Fu won't be weak.

Black hair, angelic face, and devil eyes.

Feed the body food and drink, it will survive today. Feed the soul art and music, it will live forever.

Use your knowledge, and your heart, to stand up for those who can't stand, speak for those who can't speak, be a beacon of light for those whose lives have become dark.

Leave every place you go, everything you touch, a little better for your having been there.

Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

Success doesn't happen overnight. Keep your eye on the prize and don't look back.

Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.

I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.

You're insane!""I won't argue that point.

My existence is young like the blossoming leaves. I have experienced nothing yet.

They happen only when you are distant, aloof. They happen, they cannot be brought. They happen you cannot force them to happen. They are spontaneous happenings.

Catching a fly ball is a pleasure but knowing what to do with it is a business.

I'm Irish, so I'm used to odd stews. I can take it. Just throw a lot of carrots and onions in there and I'll call it dinner.

All of us have special ones who have loved us into being. Would you just take, along with me, ten seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are....Ten seconds of silence.

For me, the social thriller is the thriller in which the fears, the horrors, and the thrills are coming from society. They're coming from the way humans interact.

You don't write. You get out of the way.

Don't foul, don't flinch-hit the line hard.

I believe God created the world for a purpose. The Designer of intelligent design is, ultimately, the Christian God.