When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific book, but usually I'm trying to increase my general understanding.

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

Have you finally grown so jealous of my impeccable fashion sense that you've decided to have me disposed of?

It is a writer's greatest pleasure to hear that someone was kept up until the unholy hours of the morning reading one of their books

Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.

She loved the teachings of the Five Visions. Humility. Sacrifice. Seeing another's problems before your own. Yet she was beginning to think that she-- along with others-- had taken this belief too far, letting her desire to seem humble become a form of pride itself. She now saw that when her faith had become about clothing instead of people, it had taken a wrong turn.

To believe, it seemed, one had to want to believe.