When the term "machine gun" enters common parlance, the word "machine" becomes much more sinister.

The world needed more fireworks- especially now that there was going to be a shortage of beautiful, useless things.

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful.

My name is tally youngblood and my mind is very ugly

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.

I'm Tally Youngblood. Make me pretty." -Tally Youngblood

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.

I don't want to hurt you but I will if I have too - Tally Youngblood

However stupid the choice seemed, Shay had made it with her eyes open, and had respected Tally's choice to stay.

The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.

A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.

You can't just talk politics all the time - it's boring.

The prison scandal is really hurting President Bush's poll numbers. In fact, I hear he's already working on his concession smirk.

What the investment community does like is short-term measures designed to boost share prices.

The curious hocus-pocus of criticism I can't take seriously. It consists in squirreling up some odd phrases and then waiting for a book to come running by.

I think that Rodney Stark studies of new religious movements in the modern world give us some insights into the kinds of questions that we can ask about early Christianity.

Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.

Grab life by the balls and squeeze.

The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.

Huge Jackman has divorced his wife and happened upon my picture in some old article and decided that I'm the woman for him? ~ Susan