That's the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

Eyes sparkling with blue open and stare a scalded soul at me.

I must have appeared like a real bad boy in Christy's eyes. Well, at least a bad boy by home and away standards.

While in England write or get wrought rotten rusted.

A small change can make a big difference. You are the only one who can make our world a better place to inhabit. So, don’t be afraid to take a stand .

I had worked so hard; that was my opportunity. And my mom was just able to turn it around for me. She helped me to be able to see the other side of things and that this is not the end for me.

I don't keep a press agent because I think people need to have a break from you.

We all would love sometimes to be free from our own knowledge. It is even the most difficult to unlearn - as the most important problems are.

Ronald Reagan was an excellent leader of our nation during challenging times at home and abroad.

Even when 20 years have passed, bring your kids when you come to cheer us on.

For me, my faith informs my life. I try and spend a little time on my knees every day. But it all for me begins with cherishing the dignity, the worth, the value of every human life.