Gillian Quotes
We don't blame your shadow for the shape of your body. Don't blame others for the shape of your experience.
We were born in the '70s, back when twins were rare, a bit magical: cousins of the unicorn, siblings of the elves.
...the longer she had lived away, the more she realized that nowhere became home… though everywhere had.
Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it. I drank more and continued my mantra. 'Stop thinking', swig, 'empty your head', swig, 'now, seriously empty your head'.
Ever been in a spelling bee as a kid? That snowy second after the announcement of the word as you sift your brain to see if you can spell it? It was like that, the blank panic.
what are you thinking, Amy? How are you feeling? Who are you? What have we ddone to each other? What will we do?
It's a fallacy to believe that age in itself brings wisdom, but one thing it infallibly brings is experience.
When we encounter sorrow and betrayal stay present and learn. There is a lesson waiting to unfold, allow yourself to soften into the experience.
….This time she did not feel a thing when the Headmaster stuck the pin into her arm.
I still believed he'd love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way that made everything good.
All of a sudden you see reading in bed and waffles on Sunday and laughing at nothing and his mouth on yours. And it's so far beyond fine that you know you can never go back to fine.
We just want you to be happy. Rand and Marybeth said that all the time, but they never explained how.
Eat like you love yourselfMove like you love yourselfSpeak like you love yourselfAct like you love yourself
You can like an immoral character because she’s interesting, not because you want to have her over for dinner.
The hermit Anthony once told me that a monk is like a fish: take him out of his element and he dies. Silence is his element. In silence you can trade this shoddy world for Heaven.
The man who can keep order can rule the world, but the man who can bear disorder is truly free.
There will be days you wish you’d never done it. And thosewill be the good times, when it’s only days of regret and notmonths.
Sometimes writing is just rubbing words together long enough to make a fire.
I know of other mothers who have children with disabilities, and right away they loved them and decided to fight for them.That isn’t my story.
I am constantly searching for places that rekindle my sense of wonder.
Don't fret, we'll sort this out: the true and the not true and the might as well be true.
Until that moment she had not really noticed him. Now she felt as though she'd stubbed her toe on a rock, and looked down to find that it was part of a buried city.
Well, if you can't have what you want, you could try to want what you have.
I do not understand when a person is more concerned with the appearance of their house than the state of their home.
It had gotten to the point where it seemed like nothing matters, because I’m not a real person and neither is anyone else.
Where are you?” she whispered. “Have you abandoned us?”..."Listen, little Songkeeper, " the voice whispered, and I will sing you a Song.
Blame the economy, blame bad luck, blame my parents, blame your parents, blame the Internet, blame people who use the Internet.
For me, I really love 'Tim and Eric' and 'Dr. Steve Brule' and a lot of the Adult Swim shows, so I like strange, weird, sometimes slightly upsetting humor.
In 1983, before computers came along, it wasn't easy to do electronic basslines and rhythms.
'The Comeback' is my favorite TV show of all-time because it's just brill. It's Lisa Kudrow's show about what it's like to be an actor on a TV show. She's so amazing on it.
You rarely, in the professional world, have the chance to express yourself as an individual.
One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance to look into different lives.
I've had a very positive experience in L.A. in the comedy world and found everyone to be very nice and welcoming. It's been really fun.
