If my brother had not been so stubborn, none of this would have happened.

We’re opposites, me and him. I’m easygoing and not altogether much concerned about particulars. His steadfast sense of fairness is matched only by his asinine obstinance.

I should have known he’d make a scene about the room.

Weddings are enough to make the most even-keeled people froth at the mouth. Alex is not even-ke...

The red rose is queen of all flowers.

Her reign, a reflection of truth.

She rules not through extraordinary power

Neither greatest beauty

Nor sweetest perfume

She is not set apart from all other blossoms

Her skirt-blooms unfurl to the same touch of sun

Though green-stemmed and slender, she is not so graceful as the wind-blown wildflower

Not so fragrant as the breath of night jasmine

And h...