She mourned the history that the invisible intruder had erased, but not enough that she would spend a second more of her future feeling the emptiness.

She was an exotic flower amongst the snowdrifts, out of place, a Technicolor misfit in a monochrome Christmas movie.

Time owed an alliance to the undying.

If superstition could contradict science, the world may as well be on the back of a turtle. But giving into turtle worship was a bridge too far.

Whatever problems we encountered, we put there. If we trace the line back, every struggle derived from some decision we made. It is not chance, it is how we teach ourselves.

…He sounded as though he had just seen The Pokey Little Puppy meet the business end of The Little Engine That Could.

The seed of an urban legend find fertile soil at the corner of tragedy and imagination.

Magic was not in glitter and sparks. Real magic didn't need to be.

None of us just pop into the world fully formed, so it's the little facts that make us.

Ethically, she couldn't cause the suffering of any living thing. Logically, bacon cheeseburgers were delicious.

Reason had no place to crash once Emotion came to town.

DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children

How the hell would she support herself and her mother if Agua Dulce’s new owner built one of those mega service stations right next door? Or worse yet, right on top of them.

All my jobs have been with food in one way or another since 1948. My parents were in the hotel business, and I just loved the warm hearted people who worked so hard with such good humor.

Under the leadership of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, the United States has given up the moral high ground that we used to occupy as an international leader.

Constant Kindness can accomplish much.

What higher obligation does a President have than to explain his intentions to the people and persuade them that the direction he wishes to go is right?

Women will not talk about football unless one of them is in love with a football player, and then suddenly you discover that they know everything that is to be known about it.

People are trying to live freely outside of, or within a system that maybe for them on a day-to-day level isn't as free... I definitely think we're positively orientated.

Edmonton is Canada's answer to Omaha. Solid, unassuming, and surrounded by a whole lot of nothing. It's a place that makes you think of sensible shoes.

Shrews are made, not born.