I have always believed in trying to be a good person and giving to the world, and treating others in a just, kind, merciful way.

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.

It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.

The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.

When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.

No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.

Can you imagine how your life would be if you couldn't talk?

Words are themselves organisms, ...

I'll take being on Baywatch over being Prom Queen any day.

Jimmy Snuka stood up, 25 feet in the air, drove his knee through my ribs, but did I allow them to carry me out on a strecher? NO! I got right up and walked out!

My biggest dream was to ruin the lives of my readers and crush their souls... And I really think that worked out pretty well for me.

Yeah, I hear the truth. But this is my truth.

I'm personally opposed to a deep tan because I like to feel blond all over.

Maturity… is the ability to do something even though your parents have recommended it.

I believe that he was really sorry that people would not believe he was sorry that he was not more sorry.