A good story should make you laugh, and a moment later break your heart.

The damaged love the damaged. True fact.

Everybody's trying to make every minute of the present last forever. Preserve every second.

Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy, but now they call this free will. At least the ancient Greeks were being honest.

You grow up to become living proof of your parents' limitations. Their less-than masterpiece.

This is our world now, and those ancient people are dead.

Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.