I was so scared to give up depression, fearing that somehow the worst part of me was actually all of me.

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.

When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There's a lesson there.

The human mind is often, and I think it is for the most part, in a state neither of pain nor pleasure, which I call a state of indifference.

She looked over the colored boxes of smiling women holding plastic sticks. Why isn’t there a box showing a terrified teen?

He is not concerned about making you blessed and happy right now, but He’s continually working out His ultimate perfection for you...

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

The secret of success is to be like a duck, Smooth and unruffled on top, But paddling furiously underneath.

You can never get the smell of smoke out. Like the smell of failure in life.

One must be as clear as one's natural reticence allows one to be.

I have a big personality, and I've been attracted to women with big personalities. I think that is usually going to happen when you have big personalities.