It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So...

I’ve learned that we’re all entitled to have our secrets.

I am nothing special of this I am sure. I am just a common man with common thoughts. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But I’ve loved...

Having the book sell out of stores is far and away the most difficult step of all. Walk into a bookstore these days and scan the shelves. Thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of books, are...

After Hurricane Katrina, my wife and I, like so many others, were going to help, but we wondered what the best way to help was, … We went through Hurricane Floyd here, so we knew...

She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat. I think about her all the time. Even now, when...

How far should a person go in the name of true love?

Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person.

Who did she know in Raleigh who took the time off to fix a house? Or read Whitman or Eliot, finding images in the mind, thoughts of the spirit? Or hunted dawn from the bow...

Life…was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.

I continue to stare, my eyes missing nothing, remembering the moments we just shared together. But in all that time she does not look back, and I am haunted by the visions of her struggling...

Before I started (college), that’s the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject…his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire...

Passion is passion. It’s the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn’t matter where it’s directed…It can be coins or sports or politics or horses or music or faith…the saddest people I’ve ever met...

Wandering and confused, lost to myself, ill-assorted, contradictory, Pausing, gazing, bending, and stopping

What’s the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I’m more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.

Hurricanes are part of southern history, remembered for the damage they caused.

We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened once, and that’s why every minute we spent together has...

Yes, I decided, a man can truly change. The events of the past year have taught me much about myself, and a few universal truths. I learned, for instance, that while wounds can be inflicted...

She had been proud of his decision to serve his country, her heart bursting with love and admiration the first time she saw him outfitted in his dress blues.

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

Do you want a cookie?- What?- A cookie. Like an Oreo. Do you want one?- No.- How can you not want a cookie?- I just don’t.- Okay, fine,let’s say you did want a cookie. Let’s...

All they told me was that he was forty-two when he died. I just wanted…to find out more about what kind of person he was.I could tell you more, amanda thought to herself. A lot...

Everyone has a past, but that’s just it–it’s in the past. You can learn from it, but you can’t change it.

She’d either be a heartless mother and wife or a spineless enabler, when all she really wanted was the man she’d once believed him to be.

That was the dirty secret associated with her past. Not that she’d been abused but that somehow she felt that she deserved it because she’d let it happen. Even now, it shamed her, and there...

Or maybe watching you enjoy a carefree summer while you fell in love was what kept me out of the hospital in the first place.

Its easy to fall for someone that will find humor in every situation.

I’m writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?

I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.

If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.

Love doesn’t mean anything if you’re not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work’s important, family’s important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You’re cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what’s coming.

Frugality, I’ve learned, has its own cost, one that sometimes lasts forever.

A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger’s lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing

It can be coins or sports or politics or horses or music or faith… the saddest people I’ve ever met in life are the ones who don’t care deeply about anything at all. Passion and...

And I’d be willing to bet that you were great at it, if only because you have to love something before you can hate it.

Đ y là con người thật của anh, là những gì anh thích. Trong số tất cả những người anh quen, em là người anh muốn được cùng chia sẻ những khoảnh khắc vui vẻ...

Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can’t believe that ours didn’t go on forever.

I wish I had the talent to paint the way I feel about you, for my words always feel inadequate. I imagine using red for your passion and pale blue for your kindness; forest green...

I got hives it was so stressful.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it’s harder to break out than ever.

Loving once and only once is possible – anything is possible.

If you’re a bird… I’m a bird…

Their fingers seemed to fit together in just the right way- effortlessly clasped,like perfect complements.

You should read something else.”Why would he have done that to him?”I don’t know,” she said.Do you ever feel like Job?”She smiled, a little twinkle in her eyes.Sometimes.”But you haven’t lost your faith?”No,” I knew...

What happens if a car comes? We die.

Each recognized the fact that real commitment could be proven only through the passage of time.

What can you do when you’re condemned to a place where every choice seems wrong – even the one you promised your lover you’d make?

E aprendi oque é óbvio para uma criança. Que a vida é simplesmente uma coleção de pequenas vidas,cada uma vivida um dia de cada vez. Aprendi que devemos viver cada dia encontrando a beleza nas...

That’s the big mistake a lot of people make when they wonder how soldiers can put their lives on the line day after day or how they can fight for something they may not believe...