The things that are most precious to us are sometimes the most secret.

For all the days of our lives," we finished and I felt a little like a character in one of my grandma's soap operas.

Kat looked at Hale. "I've never heard Marcus talk this much." "Yeah," Hale whispered. "I'm trying to decide if I like it." Just then, Marcus took the ruler and struck Eddie in the stomach. "Hale men speak from the diaphragm!" Hale nodded. "I definitely like it.

Don't put your characters on a treadmill. They need to go new places, face new challenges and do new things.

The things that are most precious to us are sometimes the most secret.

...nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies).

So... I take it that's the man in your life.