Every last souvenir of the love we had, the prizes & the debris of this relationship, like the glitter in the gutter when the parade has passed, all the everything & whatnot kicked to the curb.

Anyone who gives you a cinnamon roll fresh out of the oven is a friend for life.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

Temper tantrums, however fun they may be to throw, rarely solve whatever problem is causing them.

I didn't realize this was a sad occasion.

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

Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby - awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess.

Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.

The thing with your heart's desire is that your heart doesn't even know what it desires until it turns up.

Accidents happen all the time.

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

Expand your mind. Nurture your heart. Develop your body. Cultivate your soul.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

There is an awful lot of work to do to protect trans folks. We are still disproportionally poor and administratively and institutionally discriminated against at all levels of society.

The education of the intellect is a great business; but an unconsecd intellect is the saddest sight on which the sun looks down.

An entire composition written in jazz could not live.

Do not allow negative experiences to make you bitter. They should make you wiser, and with that wisdom you shall find joy.

Just think, reader, what will happen to you if the truth of a mad beast overpowers the sane truth of man?

The crew, the actors and the writers all work the same way. We always want to do the best job.

There is small danger of being starved in our land of plenty; but the danger of being stuffed is imminent.

The people who should be here aren’t. The ones who should be smiling with me aren’t here.