There are two good reasons to put your napkin in your lap. One is that food might spill in your lap, and it is better to stain the napkin than your clothing. The other is that it can serve as a perfect hiding place. Practically nobody is nosey enough to take the napkin off a lap to see what is hidden there.

Knowing that something is wrong and doing it anyway happens very often in life, and I doubt I will ever know why.

She gave me a hug and for a second I was embraced by a body that makes me want to go home and never eat again.

All cannot be lost when there is still so much being found

and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

There are some people who believe that home is where one hangs one's hat, but these people tend to live in closets and on little pegs.

Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware.