Sometimes, ” she whispered, her lips brushing his cheek, “you need to be lost in order to be found.

It was Red Rock Canyon. One of the most beautiful places in Waterton... in the Rockies, for that matter. And it was there, waiting for him to find it. As long as he was willing to look for it.

It made sense, Amanda decided. People thrived on the misfortunes of others: her mother was the perfect example of that. Can't see a car accident, she thought, for wanting to climb inside and join in.

It was like a mask had been pulled away from his face, uncovering a monster hidden beneath his friendly façade.

Trapped on a school bus for an hour each morning and each evening, she devoured book after book. She explored a hundred worlds, indifferent to her peers and the passing of the universe.

It's going to happen whether you like it or not, ” he said quietly.The top of the book dropped to display Susan's wrinkled gaze. “What's that?”“Change, ” Rich said. “It's inevitable.

He couldn't be more than forty-five, but Murray Miles was stooped, old before his time. The mountains of Alberta had the ability to bend those who lived here.That, or it broke them.

Thursday afternoon, the dark clouds closed in, and by Friday morning a heavy rain was falling. The mountain peaks were hazy sentinels, disappearing into misty fog that clung to the valley.

A believer covers up and give Naseehah, whereas an evil-doer exposes and humiliates.

Empathy is the key to negotiating and resolving conflict.

No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light, odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at.

The timid and fearful cannot defend liberty -- or anything else.

The recognition of God is the recognition of yourself.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

This had been real: real in its flaws and uncertainties, real in its small triumphs, real in its compromises and understanding.

I just want my name back so my life can go back to chaotic and weird instead of chaotic and desperate.

Now and then in travel, something unexpected happens that transforms the whole nature of the trip and stays with the traveler.

Let me finish my beer." (Stark) "Of course. The end of the world can wait.(Kasabian)