It turned out that some crooked things looked even worse when straightened. Some tangled knots only made sense once unraveled.

Ever since I was twelve, I dreamed of being an author. I just never had the fortitude to see any of my stories through to completion. I would start a book, get a few chapters in, and grow bored or get distracted by something else.

some things are better off back in the past. Where they belong.

Predict the inevitable", she said, "and you're bound to be right one day.

A seed of hope caught a taste of moisture. Some wishful kernel buried deep, where he was loathe to acknowledge it lest it poison or choke him, began to sprout.

I use social media not to ask new people to like my stuff. I use social media to connect with that one reader who likes my stuff.

"What we control," Juliette said, "is our actions once fate puts us there."