Don’t be so vain to think that you ruined me, that you wrecked me, destroyed me.I am the only one who has the power to do that.—Amanda Helm,

Maybe that was the price of loving someone: you lost your grasp of where they ended and you began.

If you want to find a way, you have to go

Something inside her opened strong and raw while she played with those two words. I matter.

To move in the forward direction is to be strong and positive enough to bury every negative experience in the past.

You put cow dung on my face?’ ‘Every day religiously until you were three. Why else do you think your skin is so clear?

Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use... It's time we looked into holding the meat producers and fast-food outlets legally accountable.

Most disease is lifestyle related and preventable

I'm a collector - I collect everything. I can't throw things away. For some reason I think I'm going to need tiny wooden teddy bears with their arms hacked off.

We pass thoughts around, from mind to mind, so compulsively and with such speed that the brains of mankind often appear, functionally, to be undergoing fusion.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.