Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit.

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

And since I’m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?

You know I love you more when you're cold and heartless.

You trust me?" Eric sounded surprised. "Yes." "That's . . . crazy, Sookie.

Should I just bite you, and end it all?", he whispered. "I would never have to think about you again. Thinking about you is an annoying habit and one I want to be rid of.

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

Not a creature was stirring, not even an elf.

You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

They say there's no harm in daydreaming, but there is.

Maybe she was being so hoity-toity because she didn't have her own fairy godmother.

That’s the thing about life. You don’t always get a second chance and there are no guarantees. Love is the only thing that really matters.

Obstacles come to instruct, not obstruct.

I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.

The Lord never asks the impossible. Often the difficult, but never the impossible.

I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that.

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good. I'd be happy to do that any time and any place.

Without Warning Sometimes you're traveling a highway, the only road you've ever known, and wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you.

I love planting bulbs. It is making promises with tomorrow, believing in next year and the future.

Some of the most beautiful bird calls are cries of distress and fear....these sculptures are a way for me to express my cry.

All of the religions are looking after the poor. At least leave me alone to look after the rich. I am the rich man's guru.