The world is full of alluring, flashy and thrilling experiences, which are illusionary traps — they are paths to nowhere.

I was not weak; I did not cry. But it hurt me, more in a kind of refreshing, thrilling way, than a kind of pain that would cripple me and send me away crying. My...

The human mind prefers something which it can recognize to something for which it has no name, and, whereas thousands of persons carry field glasses to bring horses, ships, or steeples close to them, only...

I’m not a treasure hunter—I’m a treasure farmer. I grow quotes, and each person like Tim Fargo who tweets me is a thrill no shipwreck can match.

Kurt pick his way around testing for heat before taking each step and avoiding places where the ash was heaps up.

He cups my facewith both handsleans in,eyes lingering asweet secondbefore his lips are there on mine,teasing, playing, tasting, kissing.When he pulls away,I’m breathless.He nuzzles my ear.”Now that’s thrilling.”You got that right.