Bad circumstances have a way of ruining things that would otherwise be pleasant.

Those unable to catalog the past are doomed to repeat it.

Arguing with somebody is never pleasant, but sometimes it is useful and necessary to do so.

Numbersign questionmark you" and "Asterisk exclamation point the world.

It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.

In times of extreme stress, one can often find energy hidden in even the most exhausted areas of the body.

Desperate times call for desperate measures" is an aphorism which here means "sometimes you need to change your facial expression in order to create a workable disguise." The quoting of an aphorism, such as "It takes a village to raise a child," "No news is good news," and "Love conquers all," rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen, which is why we provide our volunteers with a disguise kit in addition to helpful phrases of advice.