I'm wondering how many more mistakes I'll have to make before things finally fall into place. If they ever will.

Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too.

All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.

The world is a mess and I want to laugh because all I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is, that our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear to see it.

I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me.

Books are easily destroyed. But words will live as long as people can remember them.

The words get easier the moment you stop fearing them.

I can do anything I want. Be with anyone I want. And it'll be my choice.

I am a being comprised of letters, a character created by sentences, a figment of imagination formed through fiction.

It's the kind of kiss that inspires stars to climb into the sky and light up the world.

People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.

Falling in love is a subtle process, a connection sparked by attraction, tested by compatibility, and forged by memory.

American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.

There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions.

We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.

The history of food has never had a better biographer. Required reading for anyone who eats.

The secret to my success is practice!

It isn't that easy to live according to intuition, yet, it's so totally cool once we can get beyond the other voices and hear our intuition.

Master the web and you will master your universe - and your (on-line) bank account.

How many times will this Congress waste time on an issue that a majority of Americans do not want?

Too bad you got so bogged down in books. You've got the spirit of a warrior.