Silence isn't golden, it's deadly. It's a vacuum that fills up with ghosts.

There are two kinds of people in the world Ms. Lane: those who survive no matter the cost and those who are walking victims.

Jericho Barrons just told me he loves me.

I'd teach them to read and to dream and to look at the stars and wonder. I'd teach them the value of imagination. I'd teach them to play every bit as hard as they worked. And I'd teach them that all the brains in the world can't compensate for love.

Sighing dismally, she acknowledged that some things just weren't humanly possible - not even Martha Stewart could fold fitted sheets.

Now you know how I justify my addictions—if I can pay less for it than I would at Wal-Mart, I get to have it.

He made a lousy passenger, barking instructions I ignored