Always the bridesmaid , never the bride." Always the godfather, never the god".

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet.

We live in our tales of ourselves, she thought, and ignore as best we can the contradictions, and the lapses, and the abrasions of plot against our mortal souls.

The overdressed traveler betrays more interest in being seen than in seeing, while the true traveler knows that the novel world about her serves as the most appropriate accessory.

Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly.

But she woke up just then, and in the moonlight covered herself with a blanket. She smiled at him drowsily and called him "Yero, my hero," and that melted his heart.