Maybe this was what Aunt Peg meant all along - returning was a weird thing. You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe our what came before.
Maureen Johnson
I looked at the stained-glass image of the lamb in the window above me, but that only reminded me that lambs are famous for being led to slaughter, or sometimes hanging out with lions in ill-advised relationships.
funny humor death image relationships twilight window famous hanging lions humour lamb
Every time you try to flirt with her, a puppy dies.
funny humor
Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.
funny humor essay
Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbors Angela and Gaenor spoke it. It sounds like Wizard.
Hey! Jack the Wanker! Over here! I want your autograph!
funny humour
I don't think I've ever seen you without braids. I thought your hair just grew that way.
She introduced herself to my parents with one of her mighty, bunny-crushing handshakes. (I'd never seen Claudia crush a bunny, to be fair, but that's the approximate level of pressure.)
funny humor humour
This pool is a triumph of imagination. That's how you win at life, Gin. You have to imagine your way through. Never say something can't be done. There's always a solution, even if it's weird.
inspirational deep guidance
I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a Southerner, and we will drain away the moments of your life with our slow, detailed replies until you are nothing but a husk of your former self and that much closer to death.
young-adult ya southerners
It was as if the news itself wanted to reassure me. Even Jack the Ripper himself had reappeared as part of the greeting committee.
young-adult ya jack-the-ripper
Lecturing Brooks was as useful as lecturing a cat.
cats
change moving-on
My final word: don't follow your dreams... Chase them. With a stick, or a shovel, or whatever you have handy. Get that [bleep]ing dream!
dreams inspirational
Fear can't hurt you. When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom.
fear
People were freaked out, but they showed it in weird ways. Back home, people would have been weeping and doing a lot of very public group hugs. At Wexford people just aggressively pretended nothing had happened.
grief avoidance
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