Bonding over illegal drugs hadn't magically solved our problems,

Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.

I saw the world from the stars' point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.

We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future.

Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long dead and buried deep.

We're not words, Henry, we're people.Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.

That's the problem with memories: you can visit them, but you can't live in them.

Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.

I was diamond on the outside, and I would not break.Inside, though, I was already broken.

But that's the difference between people and stars. A star's light still shines even if there's no one to see it, but without someone to remember Jesse, his light will disappear.

How ugly we must look to them, spilling light into every dark corner to push back the shadows, blinding ourselves to the true beauty of emptiness.

I dropped the candies into the children's bags, thinking: You small mortals don't realize the power of your stories.

Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.

A great story can change the world.

Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God.

They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!

I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.

There are a million things I'd rather do before designing clothes: directing, landscaping.

I don't really try to get involved politically by giving money to politicians or by saying I'm a Democrat or Republican. Right now, I just view myself as an American.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

I'd take telekinesis. I could move things with my mind, and with telepathy I could control other people's minds and make them do whatever I wanted.