But I guess you would look beatific, too, if the man you had been in love with since the fifth grade had told you that he was in love with you, too.

Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.

The first thing we did was change all the clocks so that her siblings thought it was bedtime, then put them to bed ignoring their plaintive protests that they were not tired. They wept themselves to sleep soon enough.

But things were different now. I finally had my head -pun intended- on straight.

What is the appropriate reply to make to a man who says he loves you? Thank you. You are very kind.

No one wants to pursue anything creative anymore, because that's too risky. They may not get the kind of return on the financial investment they've made in their education that they think they should.

I didn't even think about suggesting he take the boots off. There'd probably be a apocalypse or something.