Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still..

When a girl holds a rose up to you, you run better, let me tell you..

I love the sound of a brand-new bottle of coke when you pry the lid off and it starts to fizz. Whenever I hear that sound, I think of roses, and of s….

I know. That sounds like a lie. But Presbyterians know that every so often a lie isn't all that bad, and I figured that this was about the best place….

The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful and more wonderful in a….

Lizzie Bright Griffin, do you ever wish the world would just go ahead and swallow you whole?" "Sometimes I do," she said, and then smiled. "but somet….

Maybe the Snowy Heron is going to come off pretty badly when the planes come together. Maybe. But he's still proud and beautiful. His head is high, a….

The world is Trouble...and Grace. That is all there is..

I handed the test in five minutes before the end of the day. Mrs. Baker took it calmly, then reached into her bottom drawer for an enormous red pen w….

And it really doesn't matter if we're under our desks with our hands over our heads or not, does it? No, said Mrs. Baker. It doesn't really matter. S….

Creativity is a god who comes around only when he pleases, and it isn't very often. But when he does come around, he sits at my desk and folds his wi….

If Romeo had never met Juliet, maybe they both would have still been alive, but what they would have been alive for is the question Shakespeare wants….

Okay, so maybe sometimes the real world is smiles and miracles..

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it..

She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand. You know what that feels like? Like what the astronauts will feel when they step onto….

The light made the snowballs look yellow. Or at least I hoped that was the cause..

You know, when someone has been crying, something gets left in the air. It's not something you can see or smell, or feel. Or draw. But it's there..

A comedy isn't about being funny," said Mrs. Baker. "We talked about this before." "A comedy is about character who dare to know that they may choose….

Learn everything you can - everything. And then use all that you have learned to grow up too be a wise and good man..

When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, th….

Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister. "Did you find yourself?" "She found me," I said..