To hear the phrase "our only hope" always makes one anxious, because it means that if the only hope doesn't work, there is nothing left.

It is terribly rude to tell people that their troubles are boring.

Lately it has become more and more difficult to attend dinner parties without the evening ending in gunfire or tapioca.

Take back the smile and the night, take it all back, I wish I could.

who would dare think that, forever? Some idiot girl who wouldn’t know how things played out.

For some stories, it's easy. The moral of 'The Three Bears,' for instance, is "Never break into someone else's house.' The moral of 'Snow White' is 'Never eat apples.' The moral of World War I is 'Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.

The sad truth is the truth is sad.