If you focus on sandbagging the beachhead, you can ignore the tsunami that's approaching. Try it any other way and you'll go crazy.

The apple . . . came before Adam and Eve in the story of creation. It had to have been there at least three years because that's how long it takes for a new tree to bear fruit.

Then they scrambled through the window and into the darkness, determined to turn themselves into what they were not.

At home I was raped by a guy i thought I loved' Trixie said, because thats what it was to her and always would be.

The best place to cry is on a mother's arms.

I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or pink. I think there are a lot of readers who would like to see reviews that belong in the range of commercial fiction rather than making the blanket assumption that all commercial fiction is unworthy.

When your existence is hell, death must be heaven.