I wondered whether trusting him was merely unwise or if it crossed the line into recklessness, like lying down for a nap in the middle of a road.

Consider the simple hedgehog, and his neighbor, the opossum...do they waste their energy trying to throw one another into chasms when they face a common enemy, the winter? No!

What a beautiful day to go to hell

You're upset, you're cold, and you're wet, wouldn't you rather discuss all this over a pot of hot tea?" Yes, but I wasn't going to say so.

You have your world to rebuild, and I have mine.

Maybe, " she said. "Maybe. But now you're making promises you might not be able to keep, and that's how people in love get very badly hurt.

Early in life we recognize certain talents in ourselves, and we focus on those to the exclusion of others. It's not that nothing else is possible, but that nothing else was nurtured.

He’s lost it. Our son is insane. Or on drugs. Or maybe not on enough drugs.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

You do know you could find yourself charged with being a dominant species while under the influence of impulse-driven consumerism, don't you?

Amidst of all these darkness, soul wrenching pain and disappointments, you have a heart that still believes in love, trust and second chances. And that my dear, is what makes you so beautiful.

Make Hard Work Your Best Friend. Hard Work becomes Smart Work

Smoking’s banned in my house. Cigarettes harm your body, ” he said, knocking back half of the bottle of beer.

I want to work on environmental issues.

I know of no existing nation that deserves to live, and I know of very few individuals.

I have a love of baseball and a love of music.

Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.