In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle.

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.

There are times when our victories have a cost that we did not foresee, when winning brings us loss.

It took bold and noble men and women of wisdom and grit to mould America!

There is a general knowledge that I am multi-dimensional, that when you are creative you do a lot of things.

I was an 'Ironman' fan. It was in the '70s. I definitely liked comics and drew a lot of panels on my notebook when I should have been studying - probably why I ended up in the arts.

I was so used to doing old blues licks with the first three fingers. When I started using my pinky and finding more spread things, that's when I started getting my own style.

Never take what's offered, always ask for more.

The one thing we learned over 5 years is that nothing works better than just improving your product.

Once you identify yourself as believing something, you open yourself to ridicule.

I'd rather die riding 95 than live a life full of nothing but filthy lies.

In comparison, there's no comparison.