Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short. You got to take what comes.

Don't fear death, fear the un-lived life

The sea can swallow ships, and it can spit out whales like watermelon seeds. It will take what it wants, and it will keep what it has taken, and you may not take away from it what it does not wish to give.

The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.

Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.

I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.

Readers are lucky - they will never be bored or lonely.