I think those who have impact and influence over us are often unaware.
If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations.
If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.
What's your status?" she asked him. "Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?" "Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude.
When the going gets tough, the tough eat ribs.
Something your father wouldn't have told you, he began. Taking blood, it leaves a mark on you. No matter how it's done, or how it's justified, it leaves a mark that goes in deep. Be sure you're willing to wear that mark before you take the blood.