We're always on breath away from something--living or dying--, sometimes it just can't be helped.

We're always one breath away from something, living or dying, sometimes it just can't be helped.

Every five-year-old kid should have a pair of happy pajamas. (217)

But you know all about that, being sorry and having no words to say something when you know you should but you just can't.

Sleeping in Eden is intense and absorbing from the very first page. Written in lovely prose, two seemingly different storylines collide in a shocking conclusion.

Having a little girl has been like following an old treasure map with the important paths torn away.

But you know all about that, being sorry and having no words to say something when you know you should but you just can't

I could write my name across the sky, and it would be in invisible ink.

It's not a struggle to be on a diet. You feel lighter, and your spirit is lighter, too. But I love chocolate, and I allow myself to have chocolate. That doesn't go against a diet for me.

I need attention. I like the attention.

He is a leader among leaders.

Advertising spending continues to be somewhat choppy in our markets, but we do not view December's results as indicative of a trend in advertising performance going forward.

Families, doing everything for each other out of imagined obligation and always getting in each other's way, what a tangle.

A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.

Bore: a man who is never unintentionally rude.

A man must stand up for what he believes in - especially in this culture war between good and evil.

She gave me eyes, she gave me ears; And humble cares, and delicate fears; A heart, the fountain of sweet tears; And love and thought and joy.