You remind me of someone with a bad toothache who's hitting herself in the head with a hammer to distract herself from the pain in her mouth.

At some point people either had to throw off the wounds of their childhood or go through life permanently crippled

Be the best at what you're good at

When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.

Gracie: You have an unusual house. Have you lived here long? Bobby Tom: A couple of years. I don't much like it myself, but the architect is real proud of it. She calls it urban Stone Age with a Japanese Tahitian influence. I sort of just call it ugly.

Something brushed his leg, and he gazed down into the face of Pippi Tucker. The theme from Jaws raced through his head.

She glared at him. "You're doing it again." "What?" "That thing that irritates me." "Smiling?" "Yes. That.