Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes.

Every pain is a lesson.

Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued.

Stick a lighted candle up your backside to give yourself that inner glow.

We Irish prefer embroideries to plain cloth. To us Irish, memory is a canvas--stretched, primed, and ready for painting on. We love the "story" part of the word "history," and we love it trimmed out with color and drama, ribbons and bows. Listen to our tunes, observe a Celtic scroll: we always decorate our essence.

Do you know what the difference is between Friendship and Love? Friendship is the photograph, Love is the oil painting.

I'd have to struggle to find a subject in which I can't get some kind of interested pulse started.