“Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.” — John Shirley

“When you feel irresistible, you’re hard to resist.” — John Updike

“There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston

“As far as I’m concerned, ‘whom’ is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.” — Calvin Trillin