my intention that people will feel like throttling her

But then in your thirties something strange starts to happen. It's a mere hiccup at first, an instant of hesitation. How old are you? Oh, I'm - you start confidently, but then you stop. You were going...

The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

I had my whole life planned.. I knew exactly where it was taking me..

Liberated from Saturn, from the order that for years had kept us in line, our narrative organized and mindful of the conventions of story. Now the order had been upset, lost in a melee of voices that...

There would be no sequel to the sadness

And although Margarita lived in a world that predated Technicolor, she always dreamed of the boy in rich pastels.

I don't mind doing awful things as long as somebody else does. I would totally jump off the bridge, thanks for asking.

She kissed her as if she had been stranded on an island, marking each lonely day on a fallen coconut, slowly losing her mind. She filled Michelle like weather, worked her mouth like a cherry stem...

you are right where you should be / now act like it

Too bad there wasn't a Valencia filter to smooth out memories.

She really did trust Eliza. People made mistakes. She understood that now. And as Happy as she was to be with Ryan again, her friendship with Eliza was just as important. You only met a few kindred...

So this is pain. So this is wretchedness. So this is misery. I never knew.

The more things change, the more they stay different.

art is a meditation upon external reality rather than a representation of external reality

Leonardo became known in Milan not only for his talents but also for his good looks, muscular build, and gentle personal style. He was a man of outstanding beauty and infinite grace, Vasari said of...

Subtle is the Lord, but malicious he is not.

One of the strongest motives that leads men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness. Such men make this cosmos and its construction the pivot...

Steve Jobs had a tendency to see things in a binary way: A person was either a hero or a bozo, a product was either amazing or shit

"The truth is," Nadine purred into my ear, "since the moment we met, all I've been thinking about is you, me, and my favorite pair of scissors. I think I'd start by gelding you, like the vile animal...

And for the record, yes, a Taurus Judge probably WILL blow a demon's face off at close range.

The pink sun tumbled from the sky like a shooting star, turning day to night in the space of a trembling breath. What rose in its place was a moon made of rotting meat, its vast surface pitted with...

So, remember that our goals are reached by how we prepare and train in the many months before crunch time. Train right, and the summit or gold medal will be the inevitable culmination of your...

His lips covered hers as he laid the gauze on her leg. Fiery pain shot through her flesh as his lips swallowed her cry, then replaced it with such amazing sensation she wanted to whimper in return. He...

Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: 1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. 2 He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces. 3 He...

The first volume of Irish folktales was Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland, published in 1825 by Thomas Croker from Cork.

I think I couldn't love him at all if he was the sort of man to make me choose between him and my writing. And

Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.

Putting our earthly nature to death isn't something we can do apart from God. It isn't meant to be a renovation we attempt on our own or a charade we play at until it becomes reality. Believe me, I've...

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your...