Don’t allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. If they don’t find you worth the effort or the time, why should you waste yours?

We know what we should do. Age is no excuse. Do we go to others for permission or for discipline?

I write for ghosts; the ghosts I can’t see but I know stick around. Some I know are good. Others I know are bad. The first bring me nostalgic comfort while the latter instill unease.

Tough break-up? Trash stinks, which is why you toss it.

I don’t admire the person who hides from the world and claims enlightenment. To be purified you have to be tested and there is no better test of strength than dealing with other people.

I’m impressed when men go the distance to show they give a damn. That says nothing about the woman and everything about the man.

Anger met with anger only increases enmity rather than diffusing a tense situation. Anger, in turn, gives birth to hate. In such cases the wisest thing to do is not to engage through emotion. Emotions...

She didn’t care about anything, or maybe she cared too much.

She may have been among them but she could never be one of them. She was without inclusion for-as-much as she was not “one of the girls” and she wasn’t “one of the guys.” She...

She used to wander through the past as often as it beckoned her, bemoaning the loss of nostalgia. Then, for a while, she turned from it, blissfully free of its noxious clutch, and now it’s...

Theirs was a tug-of-war and neither could let go. Both felt the burn and still wouldn’t let go. Some might call it a game for neither could admit defeat.

I’d love to have the kind of friend who would visit me before visiting a man. Otherwise I know where I’m ranked, which is below him.

Grab tightly to the reigns of passion and ride into glory for without it life would be stagnant and you would be a spirit without cause.

Only strong women, and they seem to be rare, can handle a frank and direct woman who doesn’t sweet-talk or need others to nerve her. You can identify the easily intimidated because they need a...

Some writers are born. Others learn. I was born a writer but have a lot to learn.

There are those that wonder which is worse: Not being able to reach out or not having anyone to reach for. There are some that ponder which is the greater ache: Not being able to...

Well…that’s going in the trash. (I’m not referring to an enemy either).

The more candles on my cake means I get a little more exercise in blowing them out.

My fear is that he’ll forget me,” she bemoaned with crystalline sadness. I took her hand, limp with loss and held it. “I’d rather not be remembered by any man as it saves me the...

People, most especially those who have known ease in this life, care more about being prospered than refined. It’s always about what they can get from God, not what they can do for others, unless...

Some people confuse intensity for passion and challenge for attraction.

Suffer” he commanded seductively. “With me…or because of me.

Oh yes, even I cry. Just not over you. Who is “you?” The one who has to ask or the one who doesn’t?

I have to crack a nut in order to enjoy it.

If love comes to you in a way that isn’t the norm then at least it came to you; not everyone is that lucky.

Seasons of the heart. To get through what I must I’m often encased in ice and for months he chips away until he can see my face and after a while, I begin to thaw....

Don’t concern yourself with the opinions of those who judge you. That is placing on them an importance they do not have.

I can’t help it. You bring it out in me,” he accused. “No,” I said. “You’re choosing to let me get to you. Don’t. It’s all in the mind.

It’s not that I am “above” feeling hatred. It’s that I make the choice whether to yield to it or not. Hatred keeps a person with you, and the last thing I want with me...

I’m awake and I can’t sleep. The more I’m awake, the more I see, and the harder to sleep.

At least with zombies I know my enemy and I know what to do: Aim and shoot. It’s not so easy with people.

Dark hair on a white pillow, an ache inside, his face a reflection in her eye.

People care much more for how things look than how things are.

Who knows you more…your friend or your enemy? It’s your enemy that pursues with passion while your friend engages at leisure.

Some families are an odd melting pot of strangers with the occasional offering of obligation.

In a fit of anger he had said to her, “You’ll always be miserable,” to which she thoughtfully replied, “Is that so? It’s impossible to be miserable when you’ve known tragedy and hardship. Both strengthen...

As long as you write, you’ll never be lonely.

I like weird. Conformity bores but is inescapable for the most part. We all follow something, even if it is following the goal of wanting to stand apart. We are a sea of ordinary people;...

Do we really need a study on why people lie? They lie because it’s easy, and cowards are good at “easy.” Telling the truth takes moxie, and few have it.

Many want to be a warrior but they don’t know what a lonely, tough, or pain staking journey it is. Warriors have to fight on behalf of the defenseless, defend what is right, as well...

In your Christian walk there will be times that you will have to separate from friends and acquaintances. Otherwise, you’ll be tempted to go back to dabble in past behaviors. Understand the enemy…he will use...

I love men. I also hate men; I wouldn’t want to be in a world without them but I have to say, it’s not a compliment to know a man wants to sleep with you....

If its danger you seek, come on over. I covet tranquility but beget the tempest storm.

It’s easy to thank God and to be happy when you live a sheltered life and have no concept of suffering; Suffer and then do all of the above.

Of course she wants him to forget her. The last place she wants to reside is in his thoughts. What an unpleasant place to be.

The only stirrups I like are on a saddle.

normal,” you can’t have a normal relationship. If you are different, people will relate to you differently.

You can not argue with stupid but you can certainly play with it.

Weird people don’t care if they’re weird. They are the most entertaining to converse with because nothing is off-limits.

It’s hard to part the curtains when the dark holds such familiarity.