I need someone to shut off my brain, and turn on my heart.

That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.

I start to get the feeling that something is really wrong.

Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and it's the worst.

...occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt.

homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i'm always missing someone or someplace or something, i'm always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.

Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.

The voices in my head, which I used to think were just passing through, seem to have taken up residence.

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

One is never too late to become young at heart.

There is no chance, no fate, no destiny that can circumvent, or hinder, or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past.... The writing of history liberates us from history.

When I look in the mirror, I look at the enemy. There is no one to blame for this but myself. I should have bought myself a mirror a long time ago.

We justify the inequalities by saying some people are just better and smarter than others and the strong should survive and the poor can die off.

A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do

Never forget the days I spent with you. Continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.

People view child actors the same way that girls treat their Barbie dolls.

The hole was playing downwind and I managed to get a good bounce.

Peace is a daily commitment. It is a homemade peace.