I wish everyone had the same chances," I say. "Because it stinks a big one that they don't." - Catherine

It's easy to remember only the good parts of people if you never see them. Real people are much more complicated.

Looking closer can make something beautiful

Not everything worth keeping has to be useful.

Why can't the world be simpler, like it is for guinea pigs? They only have a few rules: Crying will get you attention. If it fits in your mouth, it's food. Scream if you don't get your share.

...choosing words is harder than I thought.

Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.

Some people think they know who you are, when really they don't.

Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.

Sometimes people don't answer because they didn't hear you, Other times it's because they don't want to hear you!

When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.

Civilization was a defense against nature’s raw power.

She lives like tomorrow isn't coming and yesterday never happened.

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you just have to see and feel.

What organized dating sites fail to understand is that the people are far more interesting in what they don't say about themselves.

And so sometimes I would think how the devil had conquered God.

I grew up in a town called Hopedale, Massachusetts. I was born there in 1964, and the only thing I hate outside of myself is everything else.

Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement.

Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

There is no such thing in life as no pain and no disappointment.

Being alive is being aware, being able to be touched and moved and changed, being able to respond rather than to react, being able to see and hear.