When I did see the story of Persephone, I was really drawn to it. Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kept from Olympus by her mother, Demeter, because Demeter was very worried that the gods of Olympus would do something terrible to her.

I love the Princess Diaries series! Do you?

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

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

But once I'd come up with it, I realized it really was the perfect plan. Instead of waiting for Maria to come to me, I was simply going to go to her and, well... Send her back to where she came. Or reduce her to a mound of quivering gelatinous goo. Whichever came first.

Foxy girls know that silence may be golden-but only for four seconds. Anything longer and you're heading for Awkward Avenue.

There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing and knowing.