Grapes are juicy. Strawberries. Oranges. Good pork chops are succulent," said Dusty. "But the word isn't accurately descriptive of a person." Smiling with delight, Ahriman said, "Oh, really, not accurately descriptive? Be careful housepainter. Your genes are showing. What if I were a cannibal?

Wealth is power, and power is the only thing about which contemporary culture cares.

One of the greatest gifts we receive from dogs is the tenderness they evoke in us

She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be combined with other words to create powerful spells.

Every human being has appetites difficult to control but far fewer have humility, gentleness, and an awareness of their weaknesses.

Funny, how one good cookie could calm the mind and even elevate a troubled soul.

The human imagination may be the most elastic thing in the universe, stretching to encompass the millions of dreams that in centuries of relectless struggle built modern civilization, to entertain the endless doubts that hamper every human enterprise, and to conceive the vast menagerie of boogeymen that trouble every human heart.