It has been said that the hardest job in the world is raising a child, but the people who says this have probably never worked at a comb factory or captured pirates on the high seas.

Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you're kidding.

It was a secret time and place, you next to me, untraceable and out of this world

Is it useful to feel fear, because it prepares you for nasty events, or is it useless, because nasty events will occur whether you are frightened or not?

Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were at the grocery store. You might also look for someone who has a lot of extra children sitting around, with long, suspicious explanations for how they got there.

I’d ruin any day, all my days, for those long nights with you, and I did.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.