And you… do you know what you are?” “Stupid?” “Beautiful,” he says, his face turning red.

Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

The world will knock you down plenty. You don't need to be doing it to yourself.

The truth is, I feel beyond sad. I feel empty. Numb.

Why do people think being with someone is the answer to everything?

Things change. Stuff happens. Life goes on.

I do not fall. I fell so hard so long ago there is nothing left for me to land on. I just keep falling and falling and falling.

Anger can try to break your heart, but sorrow is what will. What can. What does.

I want to care, but I don’t. I look at you and all I feel is tired.

I don't eat bread.' Is she pouting? It's hard to tell. She's had a lot of chemicals injected into her face.

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.

Free your hearts of anxiety, pain and anger, to have peace within your heart and soul.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

He that sends a foole expects one.

Editors never buy manuscripts that are left on the closet shelf at home.

Brotherly love is the badge of Christ's disciples.

About a month before he died, my grandfather, we covered his back full of lard - after that he went downhill very quickly.

I attend Internet conferences all the time, and they literally make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

You ask me about my ex-wife? That is not polite. But I will answer. I got another wife now. Much younger, much nicer, much prettier. And so much more intelligent than Benetton.'