Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else.

The sin of the desert is knowing where the water is and not sharing it.

I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around.

I am a believer in angels, though not the picture-book kind with wings and harps. Such angelic accoutrements seem as nonsensical to me as devils sporting horns and carrying pitchforks. To me, angel wings are merely symbolic of their role as divine messengers.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake.

Those willing to trade freedom for certainty are certain to find the cure worse than the ailment.