You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

Once upon a time there were two sisters. One of them was really, really strong, and one of them wasn't.' You looked at me. 'Your turn.' I rolled my eyes. 'The strong sister went outside into the rain and realized the reason she was strong was because she was made out of iron, but it was raining and she rusted. The end.' No, because the sister who wasn't strong went outside into the rain when it was raining, and hugged her really tight until the sun came out again.

An item that looks perfectly normal on the surface might only be disguised.

A duck walks into a bar and the bartender asks, what'll it be? The duck doesn't answer because it's a duck.

The truth doesn't always set you free; people prefer to believe prettier, neatley wrapped lies

Imagine if you were the positive pole of a magnet, and you were told that under no circumstances were you allowed to touch that negative pole that was sucking you in like a black hole. Or if you crawled out of the desert and found a woman standing with a pitcher of ice water, but she held it out of your reach. Imagine jumping off a building, and then being told not to fall. That's what it feels like to want a drink.

If you want to see God laugh, make a plan.