I now lived in an invisible place made of my own dwindling breath, and because no one else could see it, they could not yank me out of it.

Our love would be solace, companionship, and the mending of wounds.

...and it's ridiculous that anyone would praise a child for standing with arms spread out on a wooden cross, as if she were Jesus's dead sister wearing a checkerboard tablecloth.

It felt like all the truth got whitewashed with fake happiness, " she said, "only it was not happy and it was worse than fake. It was dangerous

The best life you can have as you get into old age is good food, good teeth to eat it with, and few worries when you go to bed at night.

Does giving your piece of mind, bring a peace of mind? Or is it better to be silent and let the war inside subside?

Do you know how to use a pool cue?" Paul asked her. "To play pool or to fight?" she asked as Paul pulled the door open and Allan went in first. "Balls are my specialty.

The virtue of a man ought to be measured not by his extraordinary exertions, but by his every-day conduct.

I work mornings only. I go out to lunch. Afternoons I play with the baby, walk with my husband, or shovel mail.

Our memories, they can be inviting. But some are altogether, mighty frightening.

Not all the snakes are poisonous and not all the poisons are deadly! Keep this in mind when bitten.

Call it a curse, or just call me blessed, if you can't handle my worst, you ain't getting my best

if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it.

Yes, sir, thank you, sir, and I wouldn’t trust me one little inch, sir. I knows a bad one when I sees them. I have a mirror.

Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.