Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl walking slowly below. - Cradle and All

Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet.

Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.

A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night

Some poeple just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

Oh great. Yoda captured us.

Who, last time I'd checked, was still on our official archenemy list. (Yes, we have to keep a list. It's kind of sad.)

They call me, The Sharkalator

At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall.

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.

I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish.

To be strong, find strength within yourself.

Your time, energy and words.Three things you can never get back once they've been exchanged. Choose wisely.

I hope and pray that mother nature is leaving us alone to get on with the job of cleaning up and recovering from this event.

It is always possible to create something original.

Criticism, that fine flower of personal expression in the garden of letters.

I would like to go fishing and catch a fish stick. That would be convenient. I could easily get a job at Mrs. Paul's.

In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office.

Struggle is actually something that is important to the process of understanding what true happiness is.

My intent is to speak on behalf of those whose voices are less readily heard - children and women at risk

A prudent pharmacist often vends something for your complaint. But wine merchant you do this invariably.