Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

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.

And you look beautiful, " she added."I look like a cake.""But a beautiful cake.

Sometimes good choices are really bad ones, wrapped up in so much fear you can't even see straight.

In the end, the innate desire of all people for truth, justice, and human understanding must triumph over ignorance and despair.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

The gospel is not speculation but fact. It is truth, because it is the record of a person who is the Truth.

Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women.

As long as one has a garden, one has a future. As long as one has a future, one is alive.

I'm scared of you two in the same place. That's like putting in an order for trouble, rather than just wishing for it.

I just want you to be yourself. Be a bigger yourself.

The thing I longed for as a teenager is now an object of neglect and scorn. I've grown to hate my telephone.