Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

Boys, welcome to the wonderful world of talking to women about their feelings. As a handy primer, here are a few things you should know: 1) Women have feelings. 2) You will spend the next seventy years or so trying to guess what they're feeling and why. 3) You will be wrong most of the time. 4) I like French Fries.

You're a sword not a palm tree

AT first Raoden stayed away from the library, because it reminded him of her. Then he found himself drawn back to it—because it reminded him of her.

My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.

I still doubt it will work." "You'd doubt the sun's rising if you weren't proven wrong each day," Raoden said with a smile.