Why spend the afternoon making a meal that will be gone in an hour," she'd ask us, "when in the same amount of time, I can do a painting that will last forever?

When someone's wounded, the first order of business is to stop the bleeding. You can figure out later how best to help them heal.

If you had weak eyes, they needed exercise to get strong. Glasses were like crutches. They prevented people with feeble eyes from seeing the world on their own.

I found out that people are incredibly compassionate and kind. It really changed my view of the world.

....he said it was interesting. He used the word 'textured'. He said 'smooth' is boring but 'textured' was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever had tried to hurt me.

One thing about whoring: It put a chicken on the table.

That was the thing to remember about all monsters, They love to frighten people, but the minute you stare them down, they turn tail and run.