No matter how good somebody's life looks from the outside, you can be sure there's something about it you wouldn't want to have in your life.

And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.

I know it's important to do more than just complain when there's something you don't like. You need to try to do something about it, or you're nothing but a whiner.

Secrets have a way of making themselves felt, even before you know there's a secret.

I figured that when there's no way of knowing what the future holds it's just as easy to believe it'll be good as to believe it'll be bad.

Just bring your wits. Sometimes that's the most effective weapon any of us has.

As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.

Nobody ever gets enough appreciation when they're behaving themselves, but there's no end to hearing about it when they're not.

That cup of tea is definately not down your alley

Knock, Knock." "Who's there?" "Olive." "Olive who?" "Olive...ooh. I love you, too," he said, figuring it out. "You can tell me that one anytime you like." He folded her into his arms.

It was good, too, to remember how hard a lot of people had to work to keep a kingdom running well, and that it was simply good manners to let them know, from time to time, how valued they were.

The one who falls and gets up is stronger than the one who never tried. Do not fear failure but rather fear not trying.

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and let the poison take your leg. The same is true with love.

Girls Understand Girls, But they don't like each other.

Now we live in fairyland. The only lightly disappointing thing about this land is that it is smaller than the real world has ever been.

You risk just as much in being credulous as in being suspicious.

According to a new survey, 90% of men say their lover is also their best friend. Which is really kind of disturbing when you consider man's best friend is his dog.

Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

I think it's a responsibility for everyone to give back.