Maximum of an average is necessarily less volatile than the average maximum

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

A Stoic is someone who transforms fear into prudence, pain into transformation, mistakes into initiation, and desire into undertaking.

For many people, commuting is the worst part of the day, and policies that can make commuting shorter and more convenient would be a straightforward way to reduce minor but widespread suffering.

Decomposition, for most, starts when they leave the free, social, and uncorrupted college life for the solitary confinement of professions and nuclear families.

People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

Love without sacrifice is like theft

Avoid losers. If you hear someone use the words 'impossible', 'never', 'too difficult' too often, drop him or her from your social network.

Someone bemoaned that there were so few women in economics. But there are also very few men in economics.

This isolation, this deep pit in the bottom of my stomach, didn't have to hurt so much." - Aquamarine Rosabelle bonus included in Dreams, Smiles, and Bloody Tears

We are not meant to know the time or the nature of our deaths (for all of us secretly hope that we may be immortal).

Heaven is the only place where prayers are not made.

Never raise your hands to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.

Mmmm! Lunch and no cleanup! Can life get better? I submit that it can NOT!

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street; if you try to sit, I'll tax your seat; if you get too cold, I'll tax the heat; if you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

I wonder if that isn't the most sinful thing of all -- thinking all the pleasant things are wicked.

My dying planet needs to see what the body of Christ looks like.

Oh, is that what's in the box? You threw my engagement ring at me?

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.