He lay back, put his arm over his eyes, and tried to hold onto the anger, because the anger made him feel brave. A brave man could think. A coward couldn't.

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

Be true, be brave, stand All the rest is darkness.

I spend a lot of time parenting because I'm home. A friend of mine told me that the average father sees each kid an average of twenty-two minutes a week, which I found almost unbelievable. Mine are in my hip pocket all the time. And I like it that way.

You know how it's going to end, but instead of spoiling things, that somehow increases your fascination. It's like watching a kid run his electric train faster and faster and waiting for it to derail on one of the curves.

Outside, a gusty October breeze was combing leaves from the trees and sending them across her backyard in colorful skitters.

Memory is the basis of every journey.