“The two events were probably unrelated, but both jolted Dave the way a sudden air pocket reminds nervous passengers that theyre soaring above the clouds in a pressurized metal tube.”

“Dave was a confirmed serotonin junkie. Any day of the year, he chose a good book, a hot cupper, and air-conditioning over jeopardy to life and limb.”

“Nothing in life or love slipped easily into the tidy little box of his expectations.”

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”

“I've always said that idleness dulls the spirit. We have to keep the brain busy, or at least the hands if we don't have a brain.”

“If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that eventually your boss would rape you.”

“A loud smile is often a fake laugh.”

“I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.”

“When you get kicked in the teeth, chew on it: don't bite back.”

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”

“All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings theres too much corruption in the world ”

“Its only when youre at the bottom of the ladder that you ascend.”