I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

Freedom is not a license for chaos.

You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—

They all looked very much like the residents of any small valley to which you've never been.

Why, can you imagine what would happen if we named all the twos Henry or George or Robert or John or lots of other things? You'd have to say Robert plus John equals four, and if the four's name were Albert, things would be hopeless.

What you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.

He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory.