... I discovered life sometimes has a way of giving you what you need, but not in the form you expect.

Most men don't seem to get that telling a pissed-off woman to calm down is like throwing gunpowder on a fire.” ~ Liberty Jones

A couple of times in your life, it happens like that. You meet a stranger, and all you know is that you need to know everything about him.

Sometimes life has a cruel sense of humor, giving you the thing you always wanted at the worst time possible.

Sometimes a woman needs a man for company, no matter how useless he is.

Shock is a merciful condition. It allows you to get through disaster with a necessary distance between you and your feelings.

Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones

Opening up to the wrong person is like putting ammo in their hands.

You have to rely on whatever sparks you have inside.

If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?

His kisses tapped into deep mines of memory, and the years that had separated us fell away as if they were nothing.

Every actor has to make terrible films from time to time, but the trick is never to be terrible in them.

Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's version of migrant labor.

When we love others we see our oneness with others.

If you realize what the real problem is-losing yourself-you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial.

We´re two, two for everything, for love, life, for a fight and pain, for hours of happiness. Two for wins and losses, for life and for death - TWO!

You gave me your curse, holy Fathers. I give you a blessing: May you be as moral and religious as I am.

Don't go overboard with exotic or complex ways to paint. Stick to simple solutions, unless there is a good reason to do otherwise.

The art of victory is learned in defeat.

Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers, tommyknockers knocking on my door. I wanna go out, don't know if I can 'cuz I'm so afraid of the tommyknocker man.

When I was in retreat I just did my meditation sessions and, in-between, reading and things I had to do.