Because I've lived in one room my entire life, working at the same table that you use to pay bills at and eat at. It's going to be nice to have actual space.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

Purpose expands the reason and future of every plan

We have come to love darkness of religion more than seeking for the knowledge of God.

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

I believe strongly that in the eyes of God women and men should be the same and they should be given the same authority in the church, women should as men.

Comedy is a very rough beat. It's no holds barred, as it should be.

We stand up and proudly proclaim that Washington is not our caretaker and we reject a state, in Margaret Thatcher's words, a state that takes too much from us to do too much for us.

The great thing about marriage is the idea of really getting to know someone. And really getting to know a woman is a life long task.

I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society

My advice to teens is to try and do something that scares you every day because it's the only way you can test how far you can really go.