She was an exotic flower amongst the snowdrifts, out of place, a Technicolor misfit in a monochrome Christmas movie.

Time owed an alliance to the undying.

If superstition could contradict science, the world may as well be on the back of a turtle. But giving into turtle worship was a bridge too far.

She mourned the history that the invisible intruder had erased, but not enough that she would spend a second more of her future feeling the emptiness.

Whatever problems we encountered, we put there. If we trace the line back, every struggle derived from some decision we made. It is not chance, it is how we teach ourselves.

…He sounded as though he had just seen The Pokey Little Puppy meet the business end of The Little Engine That Could.

The seed of an urban legend find fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.

Magic was not in glitter and sparks. Real magic didn't need to be.

None of us just pop into the world fully formed, so it's the little facts that make us.

Ethically, she couldn't cause the suffering of any living thing. Logically, bacon cheeseburgers were delicious.

Reason had no place to crash once Emotion came to town.

A good question is always a question that helps you and me grow, no matter what the answer might be.

When a heart gets hurt, its pain comes over the words.”― Samar Sudha

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

I have known him nearly all my life, and I am going to marry him, so that there won't ever be a time when I shan't know him.

A man does a lot of praying in an enemy prison. Prayer, even more than sheer thought, is the firmest anchor.

What's the point of dating without games? How do you know if you're winning or losing?

Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing.

Growing up I had lots of role models. Looking back, my parents were my first role models.

The president has to have the trust, earn the trust, maintain the trust of people in order to lead. And there's nothing that will lose it quicker than a sense that he's in it for a quick buck.

I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right.