Fear pounds on the door to our heart demanding to be let in. Joy is modest and often comes into our lives like a shy person entering a room; it can take a while to even notice it's there.

I started a short story but it was so dreary that even my pen threw up.

Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.

When you love someone deeply, you know secrets they haven't told you yet. Or secrets they aren't even aware of themselves. ... She was also the person I wanted to share the trivia of my life with, because that too is part of the magic of concern: Whatever you live is important to them and they will help you through it.

Everything you want in life has teeth.

Everyone coming out of a perfume store is smelling the back of their hand.

Some people are like blue jeans- the older and more beat up they get, the better they look.