A girl had to do what a girl had to do and it looked as if this girl’s immediate future included chicken Caesar salad, chocolate cake, and Cary Grant.

If looks could kill, she’d be a dead woman.

It’s a small-town rule: Never speak ill of the dead until the estate has paid the outstanding bills.

Murder was apparently too common-place in the big city to attract much notice. Poor Luther, thought Lucy, as she headed back to the hotel. Even in death he was only a big fish in a small pond.

Lucy had no complaints about her dinner. Anything was fine with her as long as she didn’t have to cook it.

You can't ultimately dodge defeat by winning close elections.

The fastest way to improve your relationships is to make others feel important in every way possible.

Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first?

Like mimic meteors the snow, In silence out of Heaven sifts.

A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him.

Every temptation is an offer to doubt God's love and wisdom.

I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier.

The same word passed through three minds, simultaneously, philosophical, fatalistic, the eternal refuge of the Italian: Pazienza.

For me, giving thanks is a sign of appreciation and gratitude that also brings about a deep sense of peace.

I'm not a consumer. I hate buying clothes. I don't have a mobile. I just don't need things. I don't like things.