Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.

Why are you always smiling? What do you know?

People who say not to speak ill of the dead are hypocrites, because you can take it ot the bank they're thinking ill.

I want you more than I should," she heard herself say. "I have you less than I want.

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.

She, as no other ever could, reached every corner of his heart. His joy, and his salvation.

Matt's brother and the blond cook spent a good portion of last season tangling the sheets. Historically, said cook tangled many other sheets with dexterity and aplomb." "Aplomb" "It's a polite way to say she banged often, well and without too much discrimination." "That also sounded polite." "I was raised well.