It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.

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.

True hope has no room for delusion.

The chef who cooks without a song on his lips cannot hope to infuse the right carefree improvisatory note into his art.

People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences

Even the disc jockeys are saying, if I play your record, I made you. You got to play for me free.

I want to make my mark,' he says. But what target, I wonder, are you going to hit?

Universal violence compels the language to be mute . . . . Silence is not only a metaphor of Hemingway's work; it is also the source of its formal excellence, its integrity.

Swaraj means even under dominion status a capacity to declare independence at will.

The true genius of a great manager is his or her ability to individualize. A great manager is one who understands how to trip each person's trigger.

Hey, Sunshine, your friend’s awake. What’s his name? (Starla) I don’t know, Starla. I didn’t ask. (Sunshine) You look like a Steve. Are you hungry, Steve? (Starla)

I don't really think about recognition; I'm not really involved.