A decision made in anger, however it was rationalized, was poisoned with bias from its origins. The very fact that I had thought of the option wrathfully rendered it unusable.

There was no luck. There was only preparation meets opportunity, and recognizing the latter and knowing when to seize it was ninety percent of any great success.

Isn't it sad that so often it takes facing death to appreciate life and each other fully?

Freaks are revolutionaries, and revolutionaries are freaks

Her eyes were olive green―incisive and clear.

The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite.

I think when my mother died, it was such a - you know, a shock to the logic that I had been raised with.

Poetry is what makes the invisible appear.

A dead love never dies.

Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off.

Its always when you think that youve lost a little of the baby weight that someone steps in grabs a handful of a now sans baby soft belly and asks the inevitable When are you due?

That which we call a snob by any other name would still be snobbish.