Life's tough," Mia said with a shrug. "You play the cards you're dealt or you fold.

Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.

Education isn't just about feeding the brain. Art and music feed the heart and soul.

trust your heart but use your head

Good fiction creates its own reality.

One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.

You can fix anything but a blank page.

I need to write to be happy.

Do you see that out there? The strange, unfamiliar light? It's called the sun. Let's go get us a little.

Things have a way of falling into place.

Life is never as long as we want it to be, and wasted time can never be recovered.

I hate patience. Slows everything down.

Life is full of circles

Life has very little even ground.

You have to trust or you're only living half a life.

The simple and most complex answer is love.

Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.

There's no reward without work, no victory without effort, no battle won without risk.

Laying a hand on his heart, she timed its beats to her own. And knew the truest magic was there.