"Happiness is seeing blessings in disguise, beauty under camouflage, and love amid conflict."

"Heroes make us smile because they not only rescue us outwardly, but inwardly too."

"In constant view keeps mightily true an honest resolve to do."

"Sometimes a problem isn't really a problem but the solution in disguise."

"Yes, he knew he was falling in love, her way. And the worst part was, as disabling as he found the emotion to be he craved it all the more. To feel this way about a woman was amazing even if it was 'temporary and fleeting', as he'd put it. It was a natural high like he'd never felt before. One he couldn't get enough of."

"Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly."

"The crazy thing about poetry is how its simplicity makes it complicated."

"No one is born a sprinter. We all learn to push ourselves up from the floor and then balance before taking that first, wobbly step. It is an individual choice where to go from there."

"Closed books are like closed eyes-you must open them to see anything."

"I love snowflakes simply for the reason that each one is unique-nonidentical to zillions of crystalized counterparts. It's a difficult notion to wrap your brain around, and yet it reminds me that amidst the innumerable stories told throughout the ages, a distinctly new one rests on the tip of an author's pen."

"I write so others might contemplate things that are out of the ordinary. I write to make people feel-to cause laughter and tears and anger at injustice. I write so the world will imagine and wonder at crazy, incredible truths. I write to have a tiny bit of influence on a universal conscience."

"Ian was a good man-honest, trustworthy, loyal, and of honorable character. His desire to keep his promise to Angelle and to be a respectable servant of Harrowbeth would always take president over any personal feelings, no matter how intense or gratifying they might be. He would never betray Harrowbeth. He would never cheat Derian or Angelle. He would never deceive his queen, even if in so doing he would find a love and happiness they both longed to share. His commitment to what he saw as right meant more."

"Time machines, magic portals, transporters, worm holes, flying carpets, relocation charms-such things do exist. They're called books."

"You don't do kind deeds expecting kindness in return. You don't do kind deeds because you deem the recipient worthy. You do kind deeds because it's who you are, and because you understand the powerful difference your gentle hand makes in this dreary world."

"Time is an imp-a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays the passing of minutes when I frown."

"Often we withhold our affections, waiting first for love to be extended to us. The irony is that we are loved for loving."

"God will win every contest in life, so stop trying to beat Him at his own game."

"Act like you care. Pray like you care. Speak, smile, reach out, and live like you care. The point is to make sure those in your life know beyond doubt that you do care."

"Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision."

"One thing I've learned is that in the midst of your darkest moments of tribulation, there is no such thing as mass friends."

"Just because a person successfully steers a voyage through hell doesn't mean he ever wants to sail that route again."

"They say it's impossible.I refuse to believe it. The journey may be difficult and the desired end unlikely. My patience and commitment may be tested by something that won't happen overnight. It may be that I veer off the path or quit before reaching my goal, but that doesn't mean it is impossible."

"Shepherds lift their heads,not to gaze at a new lightbut to hear angels."

"This is me today, but take heed; it is not the same me as yesterday, and it will not be the same me tomorrow."

"Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person."

"Heaven's currency is friendship."

"Laugh, and the world longs to be your friend."

"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

"A word of consolation may sweetly touch the ear.Now and then a quiet songwill clear the mind of fear.A simple act of kindnesscan ease a load of care.Stories told in memorydiminish all despair.A whispered prayer of comfortdraws angel arms around.Counting blessings, great and small,helps gratitude abound.These acts, all sympathetic,will kindly play their part.But seldom do they dry the tearsshed mutely in the heart."

"They urge us to study our history that we might learn from past tragedies and errors. But sometimes I think it's actually a good thing that humanity so easily forgets. The haze that eventually claims old suffering often enables us to move on."

"Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss."

"Witches cackle.Goblins growl.Spectres boo,And werewolves howl.Black cats hiss.Bats flap their wings.Mummies moan.The cold wind sings.Ogre's roar.And crows, they caw.Vampires bahahahaha.Warlocks swish their moonlit capes.Loch Ness monsters churn the lake.Skeletons, they rattle bonesWhile graveyards crack the old headstones.All the while the ghouls, they cryTo trick-or-treaters passing by.Oh, the noise on Halloween;It makes me want to scream!"

"It is the image of physical brawn, sheer force, and commanding volume we so often associate with might. But I have found the might of an army exists in the faith of a child and in quiet, earnest prayers as well as in the heart of one who loves."

"To punish someone for your own mistakes or for the consequences of your own actions, to harm another by shifting blame that is rightly yours; this is a wretched and cowardly sin."

"The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And even that is debatable."

"The pleasures of being a novelist are many. But the greatest by far is the manner in which I live through my characters; experiencing every detail of their story as it unfolds gradually and personally within my own creative psyche. I'm like a cat with untold lives, because each new book is my rebirth."

"One of the most critical decisions made in life is choosing with whom to spend your time. For it is those close relationships that gradually mold our character until we become a reflection of the company we keep."

"World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams."

"Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot."

"No matter what you write, no matter how meticulous and painstaking the creation process, someone is going to laugh, scorn, and dissect your work with criticism while another quietly falls in love with it."

"An accumulation of pennies is a fortune. Day-to-day practice is perfection. A dream realized is nothing more than many steps taken toward the borders of once-impossible."

"If one is content to freely speak trash about another, it is probably more correct to judge them as the one of ill repute and refuse the load of garbage they offer you."

"To get it doneand see it thru,find less to sayand more to do."

"A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture."

"A new star, the Christ child, God's gift to mankind; these are what Christmas is made of."

"Real? Real depends upon your perspective, Annabelle. People never see life exactly the same way. The world is what you think it is."

"Teach me to sing and recite,To whistle and jingle and strum.Teach me to color and paint,To sculpt and weave and create.Teach me to sway and dance,To tap and leap and twirl.Teach me to laugh and giggle,To tickle and play and pretend.Teach me that life is beautiful."

"I once thought it would take a miracle to improve my circumstances. Now, I believe it will take something far more powerful, if such a thing exists."

"Face it-nobody cares.But so what? Their apathy doesn't diminish your worth. Learn from it. Make it your job to care for those around you so that they don't feel like nobody cares."

"One of the strongest loves I've ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child."