If of thy mortal goods thoU art bereft And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left Sell one and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.

They asked Lucman the fabulist From whom did you learn manners? He answered: From the unmannerly.

If it's the other guy's fault, you can't fix it. Don't blame other people for your problems. That gives them all the power. Own up to your mistakes.

It's difficult to cope with the infinite variety of the past, and so we apply filters and settle on a few famous names.

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad.

There are only two noble pursuits in life: knowledge and love.

No one ever said life was fair. Just Eventful.

It's funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together.

One tells as few lies as possible only by telling as few lies as possible, and not by having the least possible opportunity to do so.

I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about.

Passion for our work is not usually a subterranean volcano waiting to erupt...It is a muscle that gets strengthened a little each day as we show up - as we do what is expected of us, and then some.

A child is born to win, but too many have been conditioned to lose.