The rinsed foam swirled into one drain that always clogged come October when the maples dropped Canadian propaganda over everything.

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.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

It is not kindness to tell patients that need strong medicine that nothing serious is wrong with them.

Poverty doesn't imply necessarily violence.

It doesn't matter how many times you say it. It'll still be true.' 'And it doesn't matter what you won't let me say, that'll still be true too.

I've never let a rhinestone go unturned

She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.

The sublime delight of truthful speech to one who has the great gift of uttering it, will make itself felt even through the pangs of sorrow.

While someone can attempt to shame you, shame must also be accepted to be effective. We can't make you feel shame without your participation.

It means I don't have to charter that big jet for the family.

This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.