You have only one life, make the most of it

Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle.

Doesn't every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn't you? What about Chinese children?

When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final decisions.

Okay, you were probably taught there are five senses," he said. "We see, hear, touch, smell and taste. But how do we know those are the only five? What are the senses that we don't have? What are we failing to perceive?

He could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon soon replaced by a shovel.

I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes.