A dedication to perfection means that we are doomed always to be just a heartbeat way - from exposure. Perfection is unchanging; lives are ongoing.

Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.

When in doubt, do the obvious.

Adulthood was invented to repair the wounds of childhood.

It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.

The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.

Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.

She's an idiot. She's looking at life through a selfish, lusty haze.

Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

You're much more interesting when you're online - all of us are.

You don't need a reason to divorce someone you can't stand.

A glint of intention initiates the process of creation.

Pride rises above and against the knowledge of God, acting as if He is unworthy to be retained in our thoughts.

Love is responsible for nearly every kind of insanity in the world though greed, vanity, and pure meanness contribute their portion to general misery.

So what did it matter where she came from? Who-or what-her parents were? Everyone's family was messed up in some way including my own. And she was still the same Ariane.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

I'm a Pisces, so I'm a very closed-book kind of person.

I think the meaning of life is life itself. We don't necessarily want to know what it is, but we want to live it. Hopefully, we'll go out fast without knowing it.

Not only the people of Nepal but also those who believe in the power of democracy are looking at Nepal and this assembly.

To say the truth, so Judas kissed his master And cried, 'All hail!' when as he meant all harm.