Dave put a lot of thought into picking out the books his dad would like least.

On the porch were the still-smoking remains of long-stemmed roses, evidence that someone angry and passive-aggressive didn't know Peter was out of town.

Adding kidney beans to his cottage cheese and pineapple was an act of bravery Dave had not intended.

Don't you know a kiss would change the world forever?

The sea, he thought, had treasured it's memories deeper than the faithless land.

There are two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang onto someone who won't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

America is much better than the leadership we have in Washington.

I put forward as a general definition of civilization, that a civilized society is exhibiting the five qualities of Truth, Beauty, Adventure, Art, Peace.

I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame.

Life is hollow without health and freedom. To seek one while ignoring the other is folly.

Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author. He's picked out a favorite place to feed his body, but he doesn't have a favorite place to feed his mind!

Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep.

When The Sixth Sense was the No. 1 movie in America, I had a Canadian boyfriend whose only assets at the time were a guitar and a van. I don't know what I was thinking.

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.