Being certain one is alive isn't something to which one pays mind. If you could ask the question, you were fine. If you could not, hopefully you had a cozy coffin.

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.

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.

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.

Having hope gives you the courage to survive any hardship.

When a people has no translations and is unable to promote its culture, it does not exist.

Every author knows what a stimulus it is to have an understanding publisher.

I'm Iranian and no matter what I do, I'm dealing with politics because especially my music, that it's a music that talks about peace, love, unity.

Some poeple just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

The giving and receiving of pleasure is a need and an ecstasy.

The first time you buy a house you see how pretty the paint is and buy it. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It's the same with men.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

There is a value in taking a stand whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

Treat everyone like it's still your first job and that we're all just happy to be here.