Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

Don't let the brownies bite.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

We all posses different gifts and abilities. How we use those gifts determines who we are.

Jesus isn't one of many

Listen, I do care about you.If that time ever comes, when I say "I don't care", trust me, in that moment, I will be lying.

I have always liked working "upstream" long before health problems hit the body.

The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.

The weary August days are long; The locusts sing a plaintive song, The cattle miss their master's call When they see the sunset shadows fall.

It's not that easy to quit. When you look back in the American system it is very rare that people quit on issues of principle.

I owe a lot to my parents.

How can you wonder what's going to happen when you don't know who's going to be the new guy in town?

Most of my life I have done what I wanted to do. I have had fun on the job.

I love the life of a musician but I live the life of a bodybuilder.