Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.

Keep your treasure to yourself.

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

With the first drink comes the truth, with the second drink comes wishful thinking, and with the third drink come the lies.

And in his heart, I think, he's now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I've said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world.

The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.