Their silence comfortable. Something unfolding. But what? Not love, which wrenched and wounded. Not love, which came only once.

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

Anyway, there's something wrong with everybody and it's up to you to know what you can handle.

If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.

We're all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up.

I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.

Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.

What we fear we often rage against.

I don't get it. It's a bunch of trees with leaves.

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

I'm Kyran. I'm usually the one who keeps him in line, " he said as he motioned to Talin. That made Neve's smile widen. "You need to keep a better eye on him." "I know, " Kyran replied wryly.

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream.

I don't wear jewelry, as a man.

How shameful. How predictable! How insipid. And how sweet.

Don't worry about making friends; don't worry about making enemies. Worry about winning, because if you win, your enemies can't hurt you, and if you lose, your friends can't stand you.

It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight.

God is at work in the world, and He wants you to join Him....You are the only Christian some people will ever know.

Problems are here in this world so that we can realize our purpose in this world.