He is a man, and he is afraid. This is not a good combination.

He'd learned in the past few months that telling a girl what to wear--even one the size of a golf club--was a bad idea. Histrionics often followed.

Lulu twirled in front of Jolene, banging into the seat. her eyes sparkled in that I'm-either-going-to-scream-or-fall-asleep-any-second kind of way.

Resist the short term temptation of procrastination

Don’t complain against life, it may hear you and double your suffering

Being a good communicator Patch, begins with listening, and listening to yourself first.

There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?

Are these perilous times? They are. But we can have peace in our hearts and in our homes.

I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.

Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.

So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there are children crying?