Life peels us like an onion and every layer is softer and sweeter.

She headed for a wide flat rock on the creek's bank, her posture still demanding 'no trespassing' but no longer 'trespassers will be shot.

So little I know in my innocence. Ideals, like pebbles in a stream wash away, wash away. Life makes no sense.

His gaze was so soft that she would like to wrap herself with it.

Time utilization and effectiveness is a major marker for success

Regret

Sometimes we do not hear the Whisperer even at her loudest because she speaks in our own voice, the one we most often discount.

The Statue of Liberty really is profound, I just wish she'd lighten up a bit.

You ought to be thankful a hole heaping lot, for The places and people you're lucky you're not!

People react not very wisely sometimes.

Nobody cares that you're smart and nobody cares that your kids don't have bruises.

I wasn't creative or theatrical. I was just doing everything. I was head cheerleader, valedictorian - it was ridiculous!

I had just settled Grandma on her folding chair and popped open our box lunch when the corpse floated by.

The mind is made up by what it feeds upon.