All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

everything happens for a reason.

...you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.

Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

What a schmuck!

...It is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed.

But like so many unfortunate events in life, just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so

MacMillian groaned again, and sat up. "Clients?""Yeah. You know, people who'll give us money in exchange for work.

I am cursed with computers something always goes wrong.

Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

As a teenager, my favourite rejection was, 'She looks too healthy,' which of course translates as, 'She needs to lose weight.'

We know of fishing vessels that carry up to twelve different flags on board, and they re-flag their ship at sea,.

The theme of Death is to Poetry what Mistaken Identity is to Drama.

It's the way you say thank you like you're genuinely thankful. I have never met anyone else who does that on a regular basis.

Music revives the recollections it would appease.

Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.