Because it's so hard to be kind to the world when all you've ever felt is hate.

I am nothing more than the consequence of catastrophe.

Have you ever had a girlfriend, Kenji?" me?

Because a quiet night is not the same as a silent one, a firm man is not the same as a steady one, and a bright light is not the same as a brilliant one.

Because it's so difficult to fight what you cannot control and right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark.

Right now I can't even control my own imagination as it grips my hair and drags me into the dark

I think wow, I imagine this is what it's like to have friends.

First! Does this need to be said? Second! Does this need to be said by me? And third! Does this need to be said by me right now?

he says : " please don't shoot me for this " and he kissed me .

Nothing in this life will ever make sense to me but I can't help but try to collect the change and hope it's enough to pay for our mistakes.

I can't be my own person if I constantly require someone else to hold me together.

Be on the right way and go in the right direction. Once you are never going back, you will progress day after day, little by little.

Chronologically she is twelve, but emotionally she is older, and intellectually older still.

I don't expect people to feel sorry for me. My teammates get more upset about the criticism and booing than I do.

That being said, I am not one to feel sorry for myself. I believe it is healthy to honor one's feelings and do the best we can to learn and grow from them moving forward.

To be honest, there is a tourists' trail; my family had a farm and a gas station, and you can go and see my birthplace, though where I lived is actually under a freeway now.

Truth emerges from the clash of adverse ideas.

What I'm constantly striving for in my prose is clarity. So that, ideally, the writing will become so transparent that the reader will forget that the medium of communication is language.

I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.

Comfort is the only thing our civilization can give us.

I think by the time I finished college I was calling myself a professional because I was, you know. I was making a living playing music.