People are always afraid of the unknown - and banding together against the Thing That Is Different From Us is a time-honoured tradition for rallying the masses.

There are some dreams that get stuck between your teeth when you sleep, so that when you open your mouth to yawn awake they fly right out of you.

Life is not a plot; it's in the details.

If he says jump, she doesn't even ask "How high?" She goes out and buys a pogo stick.

It's the child who's supposed to cry, and the mom who makes it all better, not the other way around, which is why mothers will move heaven and earth to hold it together in front of their own kids.

There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you