Mindful of not thanking their benefactors, in case, like wights, they took offense, she added, "Your kindness is gratefully acknowledged. May your trees be forever fruitful.

She had seen what it cost him and her heart quickened with compassion. For that alone, she might have loved him almost.

You're only as sick as your secrets.

I always introduce myself as an encyclopedia of defects which I do not deny. Why should I? It took me a whole life to build myself as I am.

Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

I feel like Hollywood would rather end the emerging, bottom-up creative culture than let it happen.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight.

every individual can make a difference ... if we continue to leave decision making to the so-called decision makers, things will never change.

The suicide does not play the game, does not observe the rules. He leaves the party too soon, and leaves the other guests painfully uncomfortable.

A first kiss after five months means more than a first kiss after five minutes.