Then they scrambled through the window and into the darkness, determined to turn themselves into what they were not.

All writers start with a layer of truth, don't they? If not, their stories would be nothing but spools of cotton candy, a fleeting taste wrapped around nothing but air.

It is so easy to presume that while your own world has ground to an absolute halt, so has everyone else's.

Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions.

if i have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over - only living with the mistakes you've made. but then, caleb taught me long ago you can't build anything without some sort of foundation. maybe we learn to live our lives by understanding, firsthand, how not to live them.

Just when you think you've got your life by the reins, that's when it's most likely to run away with you.

Researching 'Lone Wolf,' I was amazed at how thoughtful and intelligent these animals are. There has never been a documented attack against a human by a wolf that wasn't provoked by the human.