Only in cartoons and fairy tales and greeting cards do endings have glitter

I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.

For someone grieving, moving forward is the challenge. Because after extreme loss, you want to go back.

I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. And that is so exhausting that I sleep more than I ever have.

This is why the deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

I cut all my words out. My heart was too full of them.

She said they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential

At least it's working out because Cheddar is sort of obsessed with me, or at least very interested, which in the world of felines counts as obsessive behavior.

It would look pretty messed up to be a social worker and have dried kid blood as a permanent stain in your vehicle.

[T]he deepest form of pain comes out as silence.

Every person has lots of ingredients to make them what is always a one-in-a-kind creation. We are all imperfect genetic stews.

I couldn't stand here, hanging on, when the very thing I held disappeared more with each passing day.

Believe that fate is smiling to you and everything you touch will turn into gold

The choices in the now are the choices of all your tomorrows combined

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her dear dog a bone.Though the cupboard was bare, When she focused elsewhereHer heart overflowed with fun!

From the Taoist point of view, the natural result of this harmonious way of living is happiness.

I claim the right not to incriminate myself.

I think anyone who's perfectly happy isn't particularly funny.

All Nigerians must learn from Christ and be determined to imbibe the lesson of divine condescension.

A healer of others, himself diseased.

The kindergarten children are confident in spirit, infinite in resources, and eager to learn. Everything is still possible.