Depressed people do things they wouldn't ordinarily do.

If you need something from somebody always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.

I'm tired of carrying around the weight of the world. I'm just going to lay it down now. It's my time to die, and it's your time to live. Don't mess it up.

Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now

Every living creature on the earth is special. You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?

We are so limited, you have to use the same word for loving Rosaleen as you do for loving Coke with peanuts. Isn't that a shame we don't have many more ways to say it?

There is nothing perfect...only life.

I realized it for the first time in my life: there is nothing but mystery in the world, how it hides behind the fabric of our poor, browbeat days, shining brightly, and we don't even know it.

And when you get down to it, Lily, that is the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love but to persist in love.

Actually, you can be bad at something...but if you love doing it, that will be enough. - August Boatwright

The pain of patience is better the pleasure of sin.

The passing clouds outside the window form the perfect backdrop for wavering frames I see moving inside my mind.

You have the power to mold your life how ever you want. To shape it and reshape it.

Insecurity creates ditches for others and oneself as well.

Pain is part of being alive and we need to learn that. Pain does not last forever nor is it necessarily unbearable and we need to be taught that.

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting.

Vermont is the only place in America where I ever hear thrift spoken of with respect.

If you think of music as a universal language, it still has some very powerful dialects.

Writing code is not production, it's not always craftsmanship though it can be, it's design.

Cancer softened me up. I like the old me better. I liked being angry. It made me feel strong.