Why did Mama say that? Had Papa made her angry again? He made her angry a lot. Gran said it was on account of his "hores." One time Celia asked Nurse what a hore was, and Nurse paddled her and told her that was a bad word. Then why did Papa have them?

The man is always the last to know when Cupid has struck him -Anonymous, Memoirs of a Mistress

Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.

Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it.’ Because it’s only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.

And in my private life I prefer not to pass myself off as what I'm not (Daniel Brennan)

You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.

It's not your instincts that are the problem. It's your tendency to drown them in a bottle.