I mean, scamming on guys on the Internet? I thought that was only for forty-year-old divorcees who Photoshop their pictures in an effort to appear younger and thinner.

When people start liking people, that’s when someone has the ability to get hurt.

People come and go, in and out of each other’s lives like it’s nothing. So I don’t know how/why this should be a big deal.

Who ends up with their first real boyfriend? Yeah, no one.- Courtney

Or maybe I, like, cuddle raped him or something.

The information age is so psychotic – without the cell phone and Internet, I would be drama free right now.

Emotional attachments are messy. They end with broken hearts and stalking.

You think horror enters spectacularly. It doesn't. It just prosaically turns up. Even in the first seconds you know you'll find it a room.

The history books which contain no lies are extremely tedious

The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.

We best avoid wars by taking even physical action to stop small ones.

Sit tall in the saddle and hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky, and live like you ain't afraid to die. Don't be scared...just enjoy the ride.

All men die. Only a few ever live.

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have in your practice. That is naturalness.

Generosity is a function of the heart, not the wallet.

We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.