The only bubble in the flat champagne of February is Valentine’s Day. It was no accident that our ancestors pinned Valentine’s Day on February’s shirt: he or she lucky enough to have a lover in frigid, antsy February has cause for celebration, indeed.

Intimacy is the principal source of the sugars which this life is sweetened!

Consider the silent repose of the sausage as compared to the aggressiveness of bacon.

Well, there's one thing to be said for money. It can make you rich.

My faith is whatever makes me feel good about being alive. If your religion doesn't make you feel good to be alive, what the hell is the point of it?

The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through the heart of imagination. If they really understood the mysterious process of creating fiction, they would say, 'You can write about anything you can imagine.'

When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders.