It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud.

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.

But whether there's some grand design really matters little to me. My only hope was this: to see what might be, to believe that it should be, and then to do all I could to bring it to pass, whatever the cost.

The Lord took twice the time making thee, Alvin Smith, cause it took that long to put the mischief in.

If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time.

You who speak languages, you are such liars.

You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have to break it up into smaller chunks. But those smaller chunks aren't good old familiar short stories. Novels aren't built out of short stories. They are built out of scenes.