I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.

If she doesn't really love you, then it's over. And if she does love you, then love will win out.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.