As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

He smiled in a way that made me want to kiss him right on the spot. Or the lips. Whichever was closer.

Goodness knows she is too fierce for you Goodness knows she has eyes for a lord Goodness knows she yet will prove untrue Her cheek's blush is as false as her word

... If we don't tell strange stories, when something strange happens we won't believe it.

What she had long believed was not true, and now the world was wide open to discover what was. It is like all my life I thought the sky was green.

My mama used to say, 'Are you sad? Then just wait a minute.