If it weren't for her, there would never have been an empty space, or the need to fill it.

...we take comfort in the symmetries we find in life because they suggest a design where there is none.

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

there are two types of people in the world: those who prefer to be sad among others, and those who prefer to be sad alone.

What about you? Are you happiest and saddest right now that you've ever been?" "Of course I am." "Why?" "Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

She struggled with her sadness, but tried to conceal it, to divide it into smaller and smaller parts and scatter these in places she thought no one would find them.

To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening to the boom of silence: you can't imagine what that's like.

That's what I do. Watch movies and read. Sometimes I even pretend to write, but I'm not fooling anyone. Oh, and I go to the mailbox.

When will you learn that there isn't a word for everything?

I've reached the age where bruises are formed from failures within rather than accidents without.

So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past.

Life is only worth living because we hope it will get better and we'll all get home safely.

A bachelor is one who enjoys the chase but does not eat the game.

If im lucky, i will never have to see you again. Because if i do, that means we are at war, and id have to hurt you

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

I am so grateful to God for giving me the gift of 48 years with my daughter. And I accept that He knew when it was time to take her.

Boys always like to see girls kiss. I don't get it; girls don't want to see boys kiss.

I think you guys are going to have to come up with a lot of wonderful new lies, or people just aren't going to want to go on living.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.