And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us.

Part of me still loves. More of me doesn't.

Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world.

To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude.

The feeling of arms around me, of love in my heart, it was more powerful than any of the negativity I knew was existing in the world for me. That feeling of love killed it all.

A miracle is changing someone's life. Freeing them from whatever bonds them. Giving them the gift of being able to live the way they dream of living.

But that's part of faith. Believing and knowing despite what other people say, and despite what the world might think of your beliefs.