It is so good to have friends who understand how there is a time for crying and a time for laughing, and that sometimes the two are very close together.

It's hard to give up the being together with someone.

But there's a whole world waiting, still, and there are good things in it.

It's a funny thing about names, how they become a part of someone.

...you can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and admit that sometimes they do.

We're so accustomed to laughing. It's harder for us when the time comes that we can't laugh.

Oh, sometimes it's just easier to please people, " Maria said finally.

I don't know what she is now. A stranger, mostly. It's as if she has become a part of a different world, one that doesn't include me anymore....

I laugh, because he knew what I was thinking, and very few people ever know what I'm thinking.

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.

Dying is a very solitary thing. The only thing we can do it be there when she wants us there.

You can’t be another person’s honesty, child, but you can be your own.

It's not what you look at that matters, It's what you see

A seeker ventures out to find beauty. When he is on the top of a mountain, he discovers that beauty is inside of his heart.

I only know that when I study mathematics, I transport myself to another world, a world of exquisite beauty and truth. And in that world I am the person I like to be.

I think quite a bit of organized religion has become big business. Jesus Christ never sold the word of God. He never gave a sermon and then said, 'For $8.99, you can buy the CD.'

I love red so much, I almost want to paint everything red.

I'm connected to religion and that's how I access God. I'm in a relationship with God that can sometimes be informed by religion, but not dependent on religion.

When I say that I love you, I don't say it out of habit or to make conversation. I say it to remind you that you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.

The rigid and big belong below. The soft and weak belong above.

When the United States of America does things in its best interests, it is hated. I'm sorry, that just ticks me off.