Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet. - Maya Angelou

I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. They shield themselves with an aura of unavailableness (for which after a time they begin to take credit) largely as a defense tactic.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Death of a beloved flattens and dulls everything. Connections do not adhere so closely, and important events lose some of their glow.