The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows.

Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all.

And I guess you judge how well you're doing by how well you sleep at night... and what your dreams are like.

There is the Watchmaker Theory that God wound up the universe and let it tick. That may be. or it may be that he takes a hand in things from time to time. But whatever it is, I am sure that there is something out there.

The sun was a molten coin burning a circle in the low-hanging overcast, surrounded by a fairy-ring of moisture.

Nightmares exist outside of logic, and there's little fun to be had in explanations; they're antithetical to the poetry of fear.

I like to think that good people win. But even good people have other sides. Most people will slow down to get a good look at an accident, even though they won't admit it.