"We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives."

“Dear, dear, the miniature world of the family! All the emotions of mankind seem to find a place in it.”

“I would like whispering with someone who is like me. But no one is.I think it is because my sizzle doesn't match anyone else's. I want something to happen so bad that it sizzles inside of me. It never stops, but it also never fits any of the choices presented.”

Source : Sarah Bird (2012). “The Gap Year”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

“We don’t create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay. I believe we have always done this, used images to stand and understand what otherwise would be intolerable.”

“Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just work.”

“But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever.”

“Life without sports is like life without underpants”

“It's fear that makes an act courageous.”

Source : Denise Hunter, Beth Webb Hart (2009). “The Convenient Groom and Wedding Machine”, p.162, Thomas Nelson Inc

“Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him. Reverence something to be worshipped by him, and love something to be cherished by him, forever.”