I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her stuffed elephant.

Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.

Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book.

I pushed my ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand crushed bleeding lips pushed back at me.

The stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking/stuffing/puking didn't make her skinny, it made her cry.

We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.