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.

Of course. I was on the run from evil spirits that wanted to kill me and now, according to the local paper, the law. Yet Richard Smith, cemetery sexton and death deity scholar, had a book for me to read in all my copious spare time.

[...] even in the cruelest human being there can exist a flower of good. Maybe just the tiniest blossom, in need of water and sunlight, but a flower just the same.

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

The peace sign is with two fingers not one.

Because my heat was too full of appreciation for what my friends-- my real friends-- had done for me.

Remember... life is short. Each moment you have is precious. Treasure every second. Don't spend them doing anything you don't love.