Try Jesus, you won't regret it, a billboard read.

He was wondering if there was some cryptic, cultish mark on his door that told all the crazy people he'd have trouble saying no.

When I read, I'm purely a reader

No couple buying wedding rings wants to be reminded that someday one of them will have to accept the other one's ring from a nurse or an undertaker.

There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.

I don't know what takes more courage: surviving a lifelong endurance test because you once made a promise or breaking free, disrupting all your world.

Not until the final draft do I force myself to remember that I'm going to have to think about how it will affect other people.