Sometimes it is the person closest to us who must travel the furthest distance to be our friend.

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.

If God had intended us to be alone, there would be more pleasure in massaging our own shoulders.

Sometimes two people stay together for the sake of the kids - two kids who sat under a full moon and pledged to be forever true.

A senseless tragedy remains forever tragic, but it is up to us whether it remains forever senseless.

Often it's just a short swim from the shipwreck of your life to the island paradise of your dreams, assuming you don't drown in the metaphor.

Stored away in some brain cell is the image of a long-departed aunt you haven't thought of in 30 years. Stored away in another cell is the image of a pink pony stitched on your first set of baby pajamas. All it takes to get that aunt mounted on the back of that pony is to eat a hunk of meatloaf immediately before going to bed.