his shirt had more wrinkles than a smoker's lips
Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.
As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.
There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.
Coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.
Where the road bends abruptly, take short steps.
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
Childlessness doesn't make people selfish; selfishness makes people selfish.
You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.
Of course God already knows what I need. The question is - do I know?
Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams.
It may be that same-sex couples will save the institution of marriage.
Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
I am Midnight (cats stare dumbfounded)
I have a terrible memory; I never forget a thing.
Some are taxed on their success, true. Some are taxed on their survival, also true.
Belief in the absence of illusions is itself an illusion.
Fantasy leaves imaginations larger than it finds them.
Rachel opened her mouth to respond, but the head cut her off.
Guilt is an indulgence, it entangles you in the past.
No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.