Feel, he told himself, feel, feel, feel. Even if what you feel is pain, only let yourself feel.

I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything.

I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love.

It is difficult to be generous-minded to those we have greatly harmed.

We all die alone. We shall endure death as once we endured birth. You can’t share either experience.

The world of the terminally ill is the world of neither the living nor the dead.

You desire the end but close your eyes to the means. You want the garden to be beautiful, provided that the smell of manure is kept well away from your fastidious nose.

Never call anyone a baboon unless you are sure of your facts.

The difference between the non-Christian and the Christian is that the non-Christian makes sin a practice

You are my shooting star, and I always make a wish every time I see you.

To make decisions while infuriated is as unwise and foolish as it is for a captain to put out to sea in a raging storm.

In this job, there are some simple pleasures that really help you cope. One is books, I mean, books are a great escape. Books are a way to get your mind on something else.

I don't really believe in 'directions' in art; the rope twists as you follow it, that's all.

Human life without death would be something other than human; consciousness of mortality gives rise to out deepest longings and greatest accomplishments.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

Adron always had a thing for expensive ho’s with the intelligence of backwash. You look like you actually have both a brain and a soul. (Zarina)