But surprises were nothing new to her. Like opening a can of mushroom soup and finding tomato instead; be grateful and eat it anyway.

It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie. The whole world opened up and I fell inside. I don't know where I was, but I didn't care. I didn't care because the only person who mattered was there with me.

Whenever I would get too nosy as a child, my grandmother would say, "When you learn someone else's secret, your own secrets aren't safe. Dig up one, release them all.

Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.

How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us?

Snow flurries began to fall and they swirled around people's legs like house cats. It was magical, this snow globe world.