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- One's home is like a delicious piece of pie you order in a restaurant on a country road one cozy evening - the best piece…
- Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for…
- It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually…
- A successful villain should have all these things at his or her villainous fingertips, or else give up villainy altogether and try to lead a…
- One of the world's most popular entertainments is a deck of cards, which contains thirteen each of four suits, highlighted by kings, queens and jacks,…
- A man of my acquaintance once wrote a poem called "The Road Less Traveled", describing a journey he took through the woods along a path…
- lately it has become more and more difficult to attend dinner parties without the evening ending in gunfire or tapioca...
- But there was more, as there always is when the love goes. She was haunted, naturally. Otherwise what is the point, why leave your rickety…
- The holiday season is a time for storytelling, and whether you are hearing the story of a candelabra staying lit for more than a week,…
- At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you…
- The book was long, and difficult to read, and Klaus became more and more tired as the night wore on. Occasionally his eyes would close.…
- Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing…
- If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too…
- Can't we sleep ten minutes more? I was having a lovely dream about sneezing without covering my mouth, and giving everybody germs.
- Miracles are like pimples, because once you start looking for them you find more than you ever dreamed you'd see.
- But the three siblings were not born yesterday. Violet was born more than fifteen years before this particular Wednesday, and Klaus was born approximately two…
- Once more, this is love: it rings and you open up unless it looks like an ax murderer.
- Off with you" is a phrase used by people who lack the curtesy to say something more polite, such as, "if there's nothing else you…
- The last safe place is safe no more.
- I think I’ve always believed that there is one person in the universe who you’re truly meant for–for whom you are truly meant–and the fact…
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