ARSENIC, n. A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.
Promiscuity: optimism, free enterprise, mobility--the American Dream.
Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.
Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.
Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.
Faith moves mountains, but you have to keep pushing while you are praying.
Imagination has rules, but we can only guess what they are.
The rules of Panic are simple. Anyone can enter. But only one person will win.
Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people only' or even 'for people who finished school and went to University'. Nonsense. Anyone can do it. But no-one can do it straight off the bat. Like plastering, brain surgery or assembling truck engines, you have to do a bit of training - get your hands dirty - and make some mistakes.
Afflictions are meant for our spiritual benefit; we are sometimes tempted that we may learn to pray the more.
He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul.