Live deliberately. Decide: are you the kind of person things happen to, or the kind of person who makes things happen?

Jack," said Charles, "he's making up words again." "Yes," Jack replied, "but he's getting better at it, don't you think?

If everything in the past has value, then there’s no reason for regret, ever.

The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go.

Sometimes a catastrophe is simply a course correction.

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.

said Jack matter-of-factly. "I'm a man. We're made to think more quickly." ...Aven swung her fist and clocked Jack square on the chin, knocking him backward into the balloon, which was still under repair. ...Aven rubbed her knuckles and looked at the others. "Sorry about that. I might have stopped myself from hitting him, but I didn't think of it quickly enough.