I drop to the curb like childhood leaving a body.

I just want my stories to be mine.

I kiss her. I kiss her and kiss her. I try not to bite her lip. She tastes like vodkahoney.

What we need, is a break out. Out of our lives, out of Seattle, out of the dumb script of girl.

To achieve your dreams you must be willing to take consistent and improved action over a defined period.

Strength without compassion is soulless and cruel. Weakness, too, has its place, for it brings understanding.

You know the drill. 18 is legal. 17 with consent. 16 with a note. 15 if her dad's in the room. Low five!

Do I listen to pop music because I'm miserable or am I miserable because listen to pop music?

Happy man, happy dole.

I like that about human nature, that people are always striving to do better, and find something new.

I think the barrier for a lot of people to actual, real, lasting love is the fantasy. The problem is that we think in "happily ever after" love, but real love grows over time, and priorities change.

The sophist sneers: Fool, take Thy pleasure, right or wrong! The pious wail: Forsake A world these sophists throng! Be neither saint nor sophist-led, but be a man.

I mean everybody's got ex-boyfriends and girlfriends. Everybody's got baggage.

I am under the spell of language, which has ruled me since I was 10.