I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.

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.

O Lord open our eyes to see the wonders of your holy word.

Sunglasses are more useful to a blind man than freedom of speech is to a man who does not think for himself.

We want more than there is.

It has become clear that the function of a private health insurance is to make as much money as possible. Every dollar not paid out in claims is another dollar made in profits for the company.

Breakfast was only worth having when somebody else made it for you.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

I once sent him a song and asked him to mark a cross wherever he thought it was faulty. Brahms returned it untouched, saying 'I don't want to make a cemetery of your compositions.'

Geometry enlightlens the intellect and sets one's mind right

It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.

I've had so much happen, it's hard to trust people.