I tried not to think of all the horror movies featuring this exact scenario, soon to be followed by an abundance of gratuitous blood and gore.

I didn’t intend it to come out sarcastically, but I guess that’s just where my tone of voice automatically goes these days.

It’s a sad state of affairs when I’m the one bringing sanity to the equation

There’s an empty seat next to me in the ‘intensely aggravating’ section…and it’s got your name on it

The cleanest civilization I’ve ever seen…and the number one thing you pack for a wedding is a jar of dirt?

Suddenly, I saw ocean again—then another horizon line—but this time the deep blue sky was on the wrong side of the line…the Holy crap, we’re upside down side.

We broke into laughter—the kind that’s your only recourse when you feel like curling up in a fetal position and whimpering like a little girl.

You and your ‘potential’, ” I lazily rolled my eyes. “According to you, everyone has it…and no one is living up to it.

Silence upon silence, with a heaping pile of extra silence.

I’m not familiar with this word you were repeating before…‘cojones’, was it?”I blushed as Dominick patted me on the back. “Way to introduce him to the vernacular, Palta.

The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.

General rules are dangerous of application in particular instances.

Self-deception helps us deceive.

What you see is not what we see. What you see is distracted by memory, by being who you are, all this time, for all these years.

A bad man is worse when he pretends to be a saint.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.

Democracy is a danger to any powerful group.

I see her as one great stampede of lips directed at the nearest derriere.

The worst of a modern stylish mansion is that it has no place for ghosts.