Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit.

Then was ashamed of myself. I should be happy for what I'd been given. I hoped God hadn't noticed my lapse in appreciation.

People are really interested in the concept of eternal youth in this plastic-surgery culture.

I thought about making biscuits, but there seemed to be more than enough calories on board.

No, I like you alive and warm and wiggling.

Trees had died to make these forms, and that seemed a great pity to me.

Something always turns up. It always seems darkest before the dawn. When God closes a door he opens a window. All things happen for a reason. Into every life a little rain must fall. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.