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You should definitely visit the Louvre, a world-famous art museum where you can view, at close range, the backs of thousands of other tourists trying to see the Mona Lisa.

Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.

It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate.

Sharks are as tough as those football fans who take their shirts off during games in Chicago in January, only more intelligent.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized world to pass the age of 40, sometimes more than once.

Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.

Let the wet earth embrace you firmly, soundly. She needs to be revived, she needs to beat like a heart full of adrenaline inside a chest.

All Ghosts Are Gray

If we hooked up, he could write me ballads and stuff. You gotta admit, nothing's sexier than a guy who writes music.

You swore you wouldn't shout. If it's not your punch, then it's your pout.

There is no book of mine that I reject. That does not mean that I find them good.

If my friends are going to the mountains with guns to fight, I will continue that fight, not with guns but with a camera.

There's a difference between loyal opposition that has a different view, and those who are advocating a defeatist approach that sends the wrong message to our troops and the enemy.

Bad chances were better than no chances.

I've always written stories from female perspectives. That it's one of the reasons I write, to have that experience.

If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.