Go to sleep now and rest. Our job is done. You kept your promise, and I kept mine.

I love you, Louise Downe McCord. You drive me absolutely crazy sometimes, and this is one of those times, but I love you.

All my life I dreamed of having someone think I was beautiful.

If you can read, you don't ever have to be lonely.

If only. The saddest two words in any language.

Nothing in my life would mean anything if you weren't here to share it. There'd be no reason to get up in the morning without you to light the sun with your smile.

And please punish Jenny. You could strike her dead. Amen.” Jenny blinked. “I’m no expert on this, but… are you supposed to pray for someone to be struck dead?

Anything else, Your Majesty?" "I didn't say my prayers." "I'll say them for you. Our father who art in et cetera, bless all the rotten cousins and kill Jenny. Amen.

That was a stupid idea I made up while drunk. Why did someone build that?

Hold your head high stick your chest out. You can make it. It gets dark sometimes but morning comes. ... Keep hope alive.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly ... very slowly.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

We know more about soils of Mars than about soils of Africa

I feel like my dating life has become a national pastime, and Im not comfortable providing that entertainment anymore.

Is it the gods who set this fire in our hearts, or do we each make our fierce desire into a god?

We are, always, reminded of the old saw: What would happen if the Soviet Union took over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Nothing for 50 years. After that there would be a shortage of sand.