I wanted to protect him, which I was sure I could do, even if I could not protect myself.

She saw through the shell of me into the center of me

His voice was handsome and broken, like a cobblestone street.

If nothing matters, there's nothing to save.

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful.

There's nothing good about being certain about things. And I don't think there's any real talent in using language in a manipulative way, with phrases like "tax relief" or "Social Security reform." It's politically clever, but it's also completely disingenuous, and it's not something to aspire to.

Words never mean what we want them to mean.