When the going gets tough, the tough get a librarian.

Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.

It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love. It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. Now I had to cope with Valentine datelessness, feeling consummate social pressure from every retailer in America who stuck hearts and cupids in their windows by January second to rub it in.

When we don't have the words chocolate can speak volumes.

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

Sometimes you've got to shout the truth and wake people up.

If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?