By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.

Everytime I look at a zebra, I can't figure out whether it's black with white stripes or white with black stripes, and that frustrates me.

Love is not a because, it's a no matter what.

The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.

There are two ways to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.

There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.

You can't look back - you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

‎Pick ten strangers and stick them in a room, and ask them which of us they feel sorrier for - you or me - and we all know who they'll choose.

Say yes. Open your eyes, see that it's me, and say yes.

Life is a constant process of dying.

That's something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.

And I was shocked, To see the mistakes of each generation, Will just fade like a radio station, If you drive out of range...

I like books on tape, and will listen to just about anything.

When a chick has a sense of humor, theres nothing more attractive.

I want to keep pushing the limits to see what’s possible. That’s the nice thing about ski racing - no one is stopping you from going faster.

There are enough fools in Washington to destroy the country without any help from Muslim terrorists.

But even if you have what everyone else wants- if it isn't what you want, it isn't what you want

Each delicately and fiercely imaged poem is a tribute to perseverence and survival and a lesson for us all.