Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

They didn't understand it, but like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

...for a man is a Herdentier - an animal that always follows the herd, a gregarious animal - and quickly follow's its neighbour example.

I was in love with the whole world and all that lived in its rainy arms.

I tend to jot down music.

If you don't have a good model for success, just look at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite.

As children grow, they gravitate to their fates.

Even today, if my title hadn't been given back to me and I was in such poverty where I had to go and find a job, I would have done that.

Grant that we may be one flock and one shepherd! Do not allow your net to be torn, help us to be servants of unity!

It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister.

I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.

If you would test the character of anything, you only need to enquire whether that thing leads you to God or away from God.