I hadn't even been looking, not for you, and now you were my heart's desire.

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.

Do not judge a book by its price!

She was like the Sun. At just the right distance, she gave me life, but if I got too close, she would burn me.

Chaos is God's body. Order is the Devil's chains.

The man in the coon skin cap in the pig pen wants eleven dollar bills, you've only got ten.

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had.

I used to dream of being normal. For me, if Kirk Douglas walked into the house, that was normal.

I am one of those authors who believes (perhaps foolishly) that she is in complete control of the story.

I am more strongly confirmed than ever in the belief that the time devoted to chess is literally frittered away.

Every song with lyrics is lyrical.

You don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.